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John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail
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John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail
John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail
30 December 2015
Professor Jason Peacey (UCL History) explains why Oliver Cromwell gave John Thurloe powers to intercept mail in the seventeenth century as the Postmaster General.
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