Eighteenth-century London LifeJ. Murray, 1937 - 385 pages |
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... Letters by Stage Coaches , Machines , etc. , has been pleased to order that a trial shall be made upon the road ... letters for this service could be put into any receiving house in London before six in the evening or before seven at ...
... Letters by Stage Coaches , Machines , etc. , has been pleased to order that a trial shall be made upon the road ... letters for this service could be put into any receiving house in London before six in the evening or before seven at ...
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... Letters were charged according to the distance carried , and whether one or more sheets were enclosed . Thus a ... letters was the system of franking . Members of both Houses of Parliament were allowed to send all letters free if their ...
... Letters were charged according to the distance carried , and whether one or more sheets were enclosed . Thus a ... letters was the system of franking . Members of both Houses of Parliament were allowed to send all letters free if their ...
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... letters when sent out from their office , to be delivered , by which all persons are to expect their letters within one hour , little more or less , from the times marked thereon , excepting such letters as are to be conveyed to the out ...
... letters when sent out from their office , to be delivered , by which all persons are to expect their letters within one hour , little more or less , from the times marked thereon , excepting such letters as are to be conveyed to the out ...
Contents
LONDONS ASPECTS AND CHARACTERISTICS | 8 |
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION | 26 |
THE LIFE OF THE UPPER CLASSES | 40 |
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