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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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"A
gentleman
at
Archerstown,
county
Westmeath,
complained
of
a
letter,
containing
half
bank-notes
and
post-bills
amounting
to
L400,
addressed
to
Dublin,
not
having
come
to
hand;
but
when
the
matter
came
to
be
fully
examined,
it
was
ascertained
that
the
letter
was
in
a
drawer
in
the
house
of
the
very
person
to
whom
it
had
been
directed,
but
by
whom
it
had
been
entirely
overlooked."
A
banker
residing
in
a
country
town
in
Scotland
reported
that
a
letter
containing
two
L20
notes
and
two
L1
notes,
addressed
to
him
by
another
banker,
and
posted
at
a
town
ten
miles
distant,
had
not
come
to
hand.
On
inquiry,
the
sender
could
not
state
either
the
numbers
or
the
dates
of
the
notes.
He
had,
moreover,
allowed
upwards
of
two
months
to
elapse
before
taking
any
steps
to
ascertain
whether
his
letter
had
reached
its
destination.
"As
this
valuable
letter
had
been
posted
without
the
precaution
of
registration,
and
had
the
words
'county
rates'
on
the
envelope,
it
was
supposed
to
have
excited
the
cupidity
of
some
one
connected
with
one
or
other
of
the
two
post-offices
concerned,
and
an
officer
was
immediately
despatched
to
investigate
the
case.
The
complainant
reiterated
the
statement
that
the
letter
had
not
reached
him;
but
within
half
an
hour
of
the
officer's
departure,
an
inmate
of
the
house
having
made
a
fresh
search,
found
the
letter
among
some
papers
in
a
press,
where
it
had
apparently
been
placed
unopened
when
received."
"A
bank
agent
sent
a
letter
containing
valuable
enclosures
to
another
bank
agent.
The
letter
was
presumed
to
have
been
lost
by
the
Post-office;
but
no
trace
of
it
could
be
obtained
there,
and
the
applicant
was
informed
accordingly.
It
subsequently
appeared
that
the
son
of
the
person
to
whom
the
letter
had
been
addressed
had
called
at
the
Post-office
and
received
the
letter,
and
that
he
had
afterwards
left
the
town
for
the
holidays,
carrying
the
letter
away
with
him
in
his
pocket,
where
it
had
remained."
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