1672 autograph letter sheet signed "Charles R", addressed from Whitehall "To Our Attorney General" and endorsed "Arlington" (Earl of Arlington - Henry Bennet) - the content orders the preparation of a bill "containing our Grant of the Office or Place of Post or Carrier of all Our Letters & dispatches between Our Court or Place of Residence, & the first Post Stage or Post Office of Our Postmaster Generall, to Thomas Derham, Gent", also mentioned are Perimall Slanney and Thomas Parnell; folded and with some staining but otherwise fine and a rare and important document. Full transcript included. Photo