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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 176 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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POST , and POSTAL SERVICE. The germ of See also:

MODERN

modern postal systems is to be looked fcr in the earliest organized See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of See also:

government couriers. In the postal See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

Spain and the See also:

German See also:

EMPIRE

empire there is See also:

EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of permission to government couriers to carry letters for individuals in See also:

APRIL

April 1544; and within fifteen or sixteen years that permission had grown into a legalized and regulated See also:

MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly, whence the See also:

COUNTS

counts of Taxis See also:

drew See also:

PART

part of their profits as postmasters-See also:

general. In See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain existing private letters of the 15th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century—some, perhaps, of the 14th—See also:

bear endorsements which show that they were conveyed by relays of men and horses maintained under the See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the government, and primarily intended for its See also:

SPECIAL

special service. In several states on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

EUROPE

Europe the See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities had inland postal establishments of a rudimentary sort at an See also:

early date. The university of See also:

Paris organized a postal service almost at the beginning of the 13th century, and it lasted in a measure until 1719. In various parts of Europe See also:

MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile See also:

GILDS, or GUILDS

gilds and brotherhoods were licensed to establish posts for commercial purposes. But everywhere—as far as the accessible See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence extends—See also:

FOREIGN

foreign posts were under See also:

state control.

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