Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth centuryAshton, John
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Old times : $b A picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century
Ashton, John
Great Britain -- Social life and customs
"The Postmaster General has lately established a Penny Post at
Manchester, which promises great convenience to the inhabitants
of that place, and its vicinity."--(_Times, April 17, 1793._)
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"The new Penny Post Office is likely to prove such a very great
accommodation to the public, that the only wonder is--it has been
so long neglected. Instead of the number of deliveries, and the
hours of despatch, varying in different parts of the town, as at
present, there will be six deliveries, each day, in all parts of
the town: by which means, a person living at Mary-le-bonne, may
send letters to, or receive letters from, Limehouse, a distance
of seven miles, five times a day. Persons putting in letters by
nine in the morning at the distance of ten miles from the chief
Penny Post Office, and later, at less distant parts, may receive
answers from London the same afternoon. There will be three
deliveries of letters, in most parts of the country, within the
limits of the Penny Post; and there will be two posts, daily,
from all parts within the distance of ten miles from Lombard
St."--(_Times, Feb. 28, 1794._)
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"The proposed plan of a new Penny Post is no longer talked
of:--It is every day more, and more, wanted, as the present mode
is extremely irregular, and insufficient. According to the new
plan, the Penny Post was to have gone out seven times a
day."--(_Times, May 4, 1794._)
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"The PENNY POST.
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