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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
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The
unblushing
way
in
which
the
British
Post-office
in
its
earlier
days
was
called
upon
to
convey
not
only
franked
letters,
but,
under
franks,
articles
of
a
totally
different
class,
will
be
perceived
from
the
following
cases.
It
is
not
to
be
understood,
however,
that
the
things
consigned
actually
passed
through
the
Post-office,
but
rather
that
they
were
admitted
for
transport
on
board
the
special
packet-ships
of
Government,
sailing
for
the
purposes
of
the
Post-office.
The
cases
are
taken
from
the
first
annual
report
of
the
Postmaster-General:--
"Fifteen
couples
of
hounds
going
to
the
King
of
the
Romans
with
a
free
pass."
"Some
parcels
of
cloth
for
the
clothing
colonels
in
my
Lord
North's
and
my
Lord
Grey's
regiments."
"Two
servant-maids
going
as
laundresses
to
my
Lord
Ambassador
Methuen."
"Doctor
Crichton,
carrying
with
him
a
cow
and
divers
other
necessaries."
"Three
suits
of
cloaths
for
some
nobleman's
lady
at
the
Court
of
Portugal."
"A
box
containing
three
pounds
of
tea,
sent
as
a
present
by
my
Lady
Arlington
to
the
Queen-Dowager
of
England
at
Lisbon."
"Eleven
couples
of
hounds
for
Major-General
Hompesch."
"A
case
of
knives
and
forks
for
Mr
Stepney,
her
Majesty's
Envoy
to
the
King
of
Holland."
"One
little
parcell
of
lace,
to
be
made
use
of
in
clothing
Duke
Schomberg's
regiment."
"Two
bales
of
stockings
for
the
use
of
the
Ambassador
of
the
Crown
of
Portugal."
"A
box
of
medicines
for
my
Lord
Galway
in
Portugal."
"A
deal
case
with
four
flitches
of
bacon
for
Mr
Pennington
of
Rotterdam."
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