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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)Hill, Rowland, Sir

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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Name: The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Author: Hill, Rowland, Sir

Hill, Rowland, Sir

Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879; Postal service -- Great Britain -- Rates

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THE LIFE OF SIR ROWLAND HILL AND THE HISTORY OF PENNY POSTAGE.


[Illustration]


                                THE LIFE
                                   OF
                            SIR ROWLAND HILL
                 K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., etc.
                                 AND THE
                        HISTORY OF PENNY POSTAGE.

                                   BY
                            SIR ROWLAND HILL
                                   AND
                               HIS NEPHEW
                      GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.

                                AUTHOR OF
            “DR. JOHNSON: HIS FRIENDS AND HIS CRITICS,” ETC.

                            _IN TWO VOLUMES._

                                 VOL. I.

                                 LONDON:
                          THOS. DE LA RUE & CO.
                            110, BUNHILL ROW.
                                  1880
       (_The right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved._)

                               PRINTED BY
                 THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW,
                                 LONDON.




TO THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P.

FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, ETC., ETC.


_Sir_,

_The following pages tell how much Sir Rowland Hill felt your kindness
in a time of great trouble. In his Private Journal I find even stronger
expressions of his gratitude. “I spoke,” he says in recording one of
his interviews with you, “in strong terms, and with emotion which I in
vain tried to suppress, of the feeling I entertained towards him for the
uniform kindness, sympathy, and support I have received at his hands.” In
asking you, therefore, to allow me to dedicate to you all in this work
that is mine, I am sure that I have done what would have been pleasing to
him._

_I am, Sir, with the highest respect_,

                         _Your obedient servant_,

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