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1770-1779

Comes in from
Cornwall Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday,
Devonshire at Eleven in the Morning.
Somerset
Dorset
DANIEL P. SAFE, Post-Master.

- 7 2 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, March 23, 1772)

The Post-Boy carrying the Mail from Huntingdon to Chatteris was attacked and robbed about Ten o'Clock last Friday
Night, between St. Ives and Somersham-Heath, of the Mail containing the Letters from hence of the 19th Instant, for
Wisbich, Chatteris, and Marsh; and also the Bye Letters from the North for Lynn, Wisbich, Chatteris, and Marsh.
The Person who committed this Robbery is described to be about Five Feet Six or Seven Inches high, wore a large
Hat, slouched, a Great Coat which hung down to his Heels, and has a very strong, rough Voice.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person who committed this
Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, agreeably to an Advertisement from hence of the 27th of January,
1770, for apprehending Mail Robbers in general, over and above the Reward by Act of Parliament for apprehending
Highwaymen. Or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make Discovery
whereby the Person who committed the same may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon
Conviction of the Person who committed this Robbery, be entitled to the said Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, and will also
receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 7 2 0 3 NEWS (General Post Office, June 22, 1772)

ALL Persons are desired to take Notice, That the Importation of Lace by the Post being illegal, an Officer of the
Customs will attend at this Office, from and after the 5th of July next, to seize all Packets of Foreign Lace so coming by the
Post.
ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.

-- 7301 NEWS (General Post Office, Dublin, September 28, 1773)

His Majesty's Postmaster General having been pleased to direct that, for the benefit of the internal correspondence of
this City, a PENNY Posr OFFICE shall be established therein; Notice is therefore hereby given that in pursuance of such
directions, a PENNY Posr will be established on the eleventh day of October next; subject to the folowing regulations viz.
All letters and packets, not exceeding the weight of four ounces, will be forwarded from the PENNY Posr OFFICE, in the
GENERAL Posr OFFICE YARD, twice every day (Sundays excepted) viz. at nine o'clock in the morning and four o'clock in
the afternoon, to any part of the City of Dublin.
A Penny is to be paid with every letter put into the PENNY Posr OFFICE, or into any of the Receiving Houses, for
which Penny, every such letter will be delivered to the Person to whom it is addressed within the limits specified, without
any further charge; but every letter with which a Penny is not paid, will be opened and returned to the writer.
To extend as far as possible the benefits of this Establishment, to every part of the City, Eighteen Receiving Houses
will be established at the following places, where letters may be put in every day from Eight in the Morning, till Ten at
Night (Sundays excepted) on the terms before mentioned.
Wormwood Gate, Francis Street, Bride Street, Great Cuffe Street, Anne Street, Clare Street, Castle Street, Custom
House - Coffee House, George Quay, Barrack Street, West Arran Street, North King Street, Bolton Street, Britain Street,
Mary Street, Capel Street, near Essex Bridge, Abbey Street, Ship Street.
Letters containing money or Things of Value to be forwarded by the Penny Post, must be delivered open to the
Officer in waiting at the Penny Post Office, to be entered, otherwise the Office will not be in any degree answerable for
their miscarriage.

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