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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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(1)
Mr
J.
Gibson,
5
St
Andrew's
Terrace.
(2)
Mr
J.
Gibson,
5
St
Andrew's
Place.
(3)
Mr
J.
Gibson,
5
St
Andrew
Square.
In
consequence
of
the
misdelivery
of
a
post-packet,
the
following
case
of
almost
identical
addresses
in
two
different
towns
was
brought
under
notice:--
Mr
Andrew
Thom,
Boot
Maker,
8
South
Bridge
Street,
Airdrie.
And
Mr
Andrew
Thom,
Boot
Top
Manufacturer,
86
South
Bridge,
Edinburgh.
Not
very
long
ago,
two
letters
directed
to
Mrs
R----
at
her
residence
in
Edinburgh
were
duly
delivered
there;
but
as
the
lady
was
at
the
time
living
at
the
Grand
Hotel
in
London,
they
were
placed
under
a
fresh
cover
by
one
of
her
family
and
forwarded
thither.
Some
days
thereafter
the
Postmaster
of
Glasgow
received
a
communication
from
a
Mrs
R----
(the
same
name),
residing
at
the
Grand
Hotel,
expressing
great
astonishment
that
the
two
letters,
which
she
now
returned,
had
been
sent
to
her,
since
her
permanent
address
was
not
in
Edinburgh,
but
Glasgow.
The
matter
was
afterwards
explained,
on
the
fact
becoming
known
that
two
ladies
of
the
same
name,
one
hailing
from
Glasgow,
the
other
from
Edinburgh,
had
been
living
at
the
same
time
in
the
same
hotel,
and
that
the
waiter
had
delivered
the
letters
to
the
wrong
person.
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