ABSTRACT The postal system in the American colonies is an understudied arm of the first British Empire. Although outside the main institutions of colonial administration, the post office followed the overall periodisation of imperial affairs, as America waxed and waned in London’s attention. This directly shaped the geography of the post office, because American officials focused on the post’s ability to connect American towns, while British officials emphasised the transatlantic connection of the postal packet ships. The packets, however, were not as important to transatlantic communications as they imagined, which led the American officials to resist when London wanted to make New York City the headquarters of the American post.

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“纽约的一个首席信函办公室”：1692 年至 1783 年的邮包运输、帝国行政管理和美国邮政地理

摘要美洲殖民地的邮政系统是第一个大英帝国的一个未被充分研究的部门。尽管在殖民管理的主要机构之外，邮局遵循帝国事务的整体分期，因为美国在伦敦的注意力中起起落落。这直接塑造了邮局的地理位置，因为美国官员关注邮政连接美国城镇的能力，而英国官员则强调邮政小包船的跨大西洋连接。然而，这些数据包对于跨大西洋通信并没有他们想象的那么重要，这导致美国官员在伦敦想要将纽约市作为美国邮政总部时进行抵制。