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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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These
are
a
few
instances
of
the
laborious
and
dangerous
services
performed
by
the
rural
postmen.
Their
brother
officers
in
the
towns,
though
in
many
cases
having
quite
hard
enough
work
(Mr
Anthony
Trollope
tells
that
the
hardest
day's
work
he
ever
did
in
his
life
was
accompanying
a
Glasgow
postman
up
and
down
stairs
on
his
beat),
have
not
the
exposure
of
the
men
in
the
country;
and
as
they
are
familiar
to
the
eyes
of
every
one,
any
special
notice
of
them
here
would
be
out
of
place.
It
may,
however,
be
mentioned,
that
the
men
who
formerly
delivered
letters
in
small
towns
were
not
always
in
the
pay
of
the
Post-office
or
under
its
control.
This
appears
by
an
official
report
of
1810,
relating
to
the
town
service
of
Greenock,
which
runs
as
follows:
"As
the
Greenock
letter-carrier
is
not
paid
by
Government,
nor
their
appointment
properly
in
us,
they
are
of
course
elected
by
the
magistrates
or
inhabitants
of
the
town,
who
have
the
right
to
choose
their
own
carriers,
or
call
for
their
letters
at
the
office."
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