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The
Appendix
is
designed
to
afford
a
source
of
general
reference
on
many
important
matters
relating
to
the
Post-Office,
some
parts
of
it
having
been
carefully
collated
from
Parliamentary
documents
not
easily
accessible
to
the
public.
April
16,
1864.
CONTENTS.
PART
I.
HISTORICAL
ACCOUNT
OF
THE
POST-OFFICE.
CHAPTER
I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY
1
CHAPTER
II.
THE
RISE
OF
THE
GENERAL
POST-OFFICE
15
CHAPTER
III.
ON
OLD
ROADS
AND
SLOW
COACHES
37
CHAPTER
IV.
THE
SETTLEMENT
OF
THE
POST-OFFICE
47
CHAPTER
V.
PALMER
AND
THE
MAIL-COACH
ERA
73
CHAPTER
VI.
THE
TRANSITION
PERIOD
AT
THE
POST-OFFICE
94
CHAPTER
VII.
SIR
ROWLAND
HILL
AND
PENNY
POSTAGE
108
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