Correspondence of the Postmaster General to Philip Allen dated 10th October 1764

Reference Number: PP/140
Level of Description: Item
Title: Correspondence of the Postmaster General to Philip Allen dated 10th October 1764
Description: Oversize PP. Photocopies of the original correspondence dated 10th October 1764 of the Postmaster General (a post held jointly at the time by Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, later Baron Hyde of Hindon and Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden) to Philip Allen, nephew of Ralph Allen, comprising:

1. His appointment as Comptroller of the Bye and Cross-Road Letter Office
2. Instructions as to the duties of the Comptroller
3. Instructions as to the duties of the Resident Surveyor
Subject: Postal services