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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
75
"Whereas
the
management
of
the
postage
of
the
letters
of
Great
Britain
and
Ireland
is
committed
to
our
care
and
conduct:
these
are
therefore
in
His
Majesty's
name
to
require
you
in
your
respective
stages
to
use
all
diligence
and
expedition
in
the
safe
and
speedy
conveyance
of
this
mail
and
letters:
that
you
ride
five
miles
an
hour
according
to
your
articles
from
London
to
East
Grinstead,
and
from
thence
to
return
accordingly.
And
hereof
you
are
not
to
fail,
as
you
will
answer
the
contrary
at
your
perils.
Signed,
CORNWALLIS.
JAMES
CRAGGS."[41]
TO
THE
SEVERAL
POSTMASTERS
BETWIXT
LONDON
AND
EAST
GRINSTEAD.
Haste,
Haste,
Post
Haste!
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From
the
Letter-Office
at
half
an
hour
past
two
in
the
|
|Miles.|
morning,
July
17,
1719.
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|
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16
|
Received
at
Epsom
half
an
hour
past
six,
and
sent
away
|
|
|
three-quarters
past.
ALEXANDER
FINDLATER.
|
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|
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8
|
Received
at
Dorking
half
an
hour
after
eight,
and
sent
|
|
|
away
at
nine.
CHAS.
CASTLEMAN.
|
|
|
|
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6
|
Received
at
Rygate
half
an
hour
past
ten,
and
sent
away
|
|
|
again
at
eleven.
JOHN
BULLOCK.
|
|
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|
|
16
|
Received
at
East
Grinstead
at
half
an
hour
after
three
|
|
|
in
the
afternoon.
|
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