's letter was addressed in 1671. If Teig or
Teague did continue at his post until 1671 he must have renounced his
Anabaptist opinions and conformed, for no Postmaster was to remain in
the service unless he was conformable to the discipline of the Church of
England.

Evans mentions in his Chronological History, under 1663, a letter
addressed: "To Mr. John Hellier, at his house in Corn Street, in Bristol
Citty," from which it may be inferred that a postman was then employed
for deliveries in the principal streets.

[Illustration: THE OLD POST-HOUSE IN DOLPHIN STREET, BRISTOL.]

In the Broadmead Chapel Records (1648-1687), published in 1847, and now
in the Baptist College, there is mention, at page 126, of a letter of
Mr. Robert Browne, "To my much revered brother, Mr. Terrill, at his
house in Bristol. To be left with Mr. Mitchell, near the Post Office."
The letter was dated Worcester, 15 d. 1 m. 1670-1, and signed Robert
Browne, with this foot-note, "I am forced to send now by way of London."
A second letter of Mr. Browne, sent in April, 1671, is mentioned
likewise. It is addressed "To my respected friend Mr. Terrill, at his
house in Bristol. To be left with Mr. Teague at the Dolphin, in
Bristol," and begins "My dear Brother, I hope you have receeived both
mine, that one sent by the way of London, the other by the trow from
Worcester."

CHAPTER II.

THE POST HOUSE AT THE DOLPHIN INN, IN DOLPHIN STREET, BRISTOL,
1662.--EXCHANGE AVENUE AND SMALL STREET POST OFFICES, BRISTOL.

That a Bristol Post-house existed early in the reign of King Charles II.
is indicated by a letter preserved at the Bristol Museum Library, which
was sent in August of 1662 from Oxford, and is addressed: "This to be
left at the Post-house in Bristol for my honoured landlord, Thomas Gore,
Esquire, living at Barrow in Somerset. Post paid to London."

The Dolphin Inn was for several years--even down to 1700--the Bristol
Post-house, and it was there that the postboys stabled their horses. The
inn long afterwards gave its name to Dolphin Street, which the street
still retains. It is believed the inn stood near the low buildings with
large gateway, in Dolphin Street, shown in the illustration. These
premises at the time the picture was drawn, in about 1815, had become
the stables of the Bush Inn in Corn Street, long celebrated as Bristol's
most famous coaching inn. The site has, until quite recently, been used
in connection with the carrying b