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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
159
"SIR,--His
Majesty's
Postmasters-General
have
received
an
information
laid
against
you,
that
on
the
18th
ultimo
your
clerk,
Mr
----,
for
whom
you
are
answerable,
illegally
sent
three
letters
in
a
parcel
by
a
stage-coach
to
you
at
Broadstairs,
Kent,
contrary
to
the
statute
made
to
prevent
the
sending
of
letters
otherwise
than
by
the
post.
"I
am
commanded
by
their
lordships
to
inform
you
that
you
have
thereby
incurred
three
penalties
of
L5
each,
and
that
they
feel
it
their
duty
to
proceed
against
you
to
recover
the
same.
"Should
you
have
any
explanation
to
give,
you
will
please
to
address
the
Postmaster-General.--I
am,"
&c.
[Illustration
(facsimile):
General
Post-Office,
Aug.
10th,
1792
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