Show early mall mail lourea lou tea tem the first record contained in our colonial history of any kind of mail service rice dates from 1676 when the co court urt in boston api appointed minted mr john I 1 hayward to take in and convey letters according to their direction in december 1716 arrangements were made to receive letters in boston from williamsburg va during four week of tho the ummer summer time and eight weeks week in win winter t r in 1738 henry pratt was appointed riding postmaster for all the tha routes between philadelphia and newport va to set out in the beginning a ing of each month and return 1 1 21 24 days postage stamps were first introduced trod into the united states in 1847 |