Page 146 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

1770-1779

-- 7 4 O 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, January 11, 1774)

WILLIAM HARVEY, of Amersham, in the County of Bucks, Innholder, and Deputy Postmaster of that Place, stands
charged upon Oath, on a violent Suspicion of having feloniously stolen out of the Post-Office there, several Bank-Notes and
Bills contained in Letters sent by the Post.
The said William Harvey absconded from his Dwelling-House, at Amersham aforesaid, on Sunday last, the 9th
instant; he is about 40 Years of Age, five Feet six Inches high, very fat, short Neck, and carries his Head very upright,
remarkably full chested, rather a black Complexion, short thick Nose, very full Eyes, wears a black curled Wig with a
Tyburn Top, and is supposed to have had on a brown Coat and red Waistcoat when he absconded.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the said William Harvey, will be
entitled to a Reward of Fifty Pounds.
ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.

-- 7 4 0 3 NEWS (General Post-Office, March 14, 1774)

LAST Saturday Night the Mail, containing the Bags of Letters from Derby, Ashbourne and Burton upon Trent, which
should have arrived here this Morning, was stolen from the Post-Office at Loughborough whilst the Boy was putting his
Horse in the Stable;
Whoever shall apprehend the Person or Persons, who stole the said Mail, will be intitled to a Reward of FIFrY
POUNDS, to be paid on Conviction agreeably to an Advertisement from this Office the 27th of January, 1770, for
encouraging the immediate Pursuit of Mail Robbers. Or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in the said Theft, 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 Theft, be intitled to the said Reward of
Fifty Pounds, and will also receive His Majesty's most Gracious Pardon.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 7 4 0 4 NEWS (General Post Office, October 15, 1774)

HIS Majesty's Post-master General thinks it proper to give this Public Notice to the Members of both Houses of
Parliament, That their Letters and Packets will, on Thursday the 20th Instant, begin to pass free as usual, being Forty Days
before the Summons of the new Parliament.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 7 5 0 1 NEWS (General Post Office, January 23, 1775)

THEODOSIUS Kimpland, Post-master of Barnstable in the County of Devon, stands charged upon Oath on a violent
Suspicion of having feloniously stolen a Bill of Exchange out of a Letter sent by the Post, and has lately absconded.
He is a very young Man, of a small Size, wears his own dark brown Hair tied behind with a Ribbon, black Eye-brows,
a round Face with a little Blush in the Cheeks, quickly reddens when spoke to, has rather a downish Look, and if he has had
the Small-Pox, it was so favourably that little or no Appearance remains.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the said Theodosius Kimpland will
be intitled to a Reward of Fifty Pounds.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 7 5 0 2 0003 (General-Post-Office, April 5, 1775)

His Majesty's Postmaster-General having been pleased to establish a Daily Post, Sunday excepted, to and from this
Office and the following Towns, and the Places in their respective Districts.

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