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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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It
is
not
difficult
to
picture
this
poor
postmaster
of
Wetherby,
tied
to
duty
all
night
long
arranging
his
mails
by
the
light
of
a
guttering
candle,
and
smarting
under
financial
difficulties;
the
Head
Office
squeezing
him
for
revenue
with
one
hand,
and
holding
back
what
was
due
to
him
for
his
services
with
the
other.
Sometimes
country
Post-offices
would
be
the
scene
of
small
gatherings
late
at
night,
waiting
the
arrival
of
the
mail,
as
was
the
case
at
Dumfries
in
1799,
when
some
few
of
the
inhabitants
would
wait
up
till
ten,
eleven,
or
twelve
o'clock
to
receive
the
English
newspapers,
so
eager
were
they
to
peruse
them.
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