William Dockwra

Standard Name: Dockwra, William

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27 March 1680

According to an early advertisement, the London offices of the Penny Post were opened by upholsterer Robert Murray and metals merchant William Dockwra . This challenged the government monopoly , and advertisements were thought to...

1683

William Dockwra , a merchant in metals, received a patent for establishing a penny post within the confines of London (an idea first mooted three years earlier).

Defoe, Daniel. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe. Editor Shugrue, Michael F., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.

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