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--7901 Mail robbery. Post boy robbed of the Scotch mail near Morpeth ........................................................................... 126
--7902 Mail robbery. Post boy robbed between Enstone and Shepstone ........................................................................... 127
-7903 Mail robbery. George Woodcock, Clerk in the Inland Department, accused of embezzling letters .................. 127
-7904 Calais. No more packet boats permitted to sail from Dover to Calais ................................................................... 127
-7905 West Indies. The "Thynne" and the "Grantham" to leave August 4th ..................................................................... 128
--7906 · Mail robbery. Edward Dean accused of the mail robbery of February 20th ......................................................... 128
-7907 Mail robbery. Mail bag stolen at Dunstable by Sergeant Taylor ............................................................................. 128

*** 1780-1789 ***
-8001 Internal Post Office regulations. Vouchers. Dead, missent or overcharged letters. Oath ................................... 129
-8002 Mail robbery. Post boy robbed between Stevenage and Welwyn ............................................................................ 130
-8003 Charles-town. Schedule of the mail ............................................................................................................................. 130
-8004 Members of Parliament to send letters free beginning September 21st ................................................................. 130
-8005 Mail robbery. Bags were stolen between Epping and London ................................................................................ 131
-8101 Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Cranford Bridge ........................................................................................ 131
-8102 Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed by George Weston near Cranford Bridge. A follow-on ................................ 131
-8201 Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed by George & Joseph Weston. Description of the suspects ........................... 132
-8202 Mail robbery. Mail robbed between Wolverhampton and Birmingham ................................................................ 133
-8203 Mail robbery. Chester mail to Barnet robbed beyond Highgate ............................................................................. 134
-8204 Mail robbery. Chester mail robbery ............................................................................................................................ 134
-8205 Mail robbery. Post boy robbed near Chippenham .................................................................................................... 134
-8206 Bank notes. They should be cut in half to prevent robberies ................................................................................... 135
-8207 Mail robbery. Daniel Hughes sought on connection with the Bristol mail robbery ............................................. 135
-8208 Captains, Officers & Seamen. Regulations ................................................................................................................ 136
-8209 Mail robbery. Joseph Beeten, a convicted mail robber, escaped from jail ............................................................. 136
-8210 Mail robbery. Bags stolen out of the mail cart at the post office in Fenny Stratford ........................................... 137
-8211 Mail robbery. List of bills stolen during the mail robbery at Fenny Stratford ....................................................... 137
-8301 Calais. Re-opening of communication through Calais. No passports required ..................................................... 137
-8302 New York. Mail dispatched the lst Wednesday of the month. Compulsory pre-payment of postage ............... 137
-8303 Scotland. Postage rates .................................................................................................................................................. 137
-8304 Traveller in Fenny Stratford requested to make his identity known ....................................................................... 139
-8401 Scotland. Distance and postal rates to Edinburgh ..................................................................................................... 139
-8402 Members of Parliament can send their letters free after April 8th ......................................................................... 139
-8403 North America. Postage must be prepaid .................................................................................................................. 139
-8404 Ireland. Rates and Franks ............................................................................................................................................. 140
-8405 Mr. Palmer. Announcement of the London-Bristol experiment with mail coaches ............................................. 140
-8406 Franks. Regulations ....................................................................................................................................................... 141
-8407 New domestic rates. (24 Geo 3, c37) ........................................................................................................................... 142
-8408 Scotland. New postage rates. (24 Geo 3, c37) ............................................................................................................ 143
-8501 Mr. Palmer. A further experiment . .............................................................................................................................. 144
-8502 Mail coaches. Mr. Palmer's plan to be tried further ................................................................................................. 144
-8503 Mail robbery. Post boy robbed near Wimbleton Common ...................................................................................... 144
-8504 Mail coaches. Mr. Palmer's orders have to be complied with .................................................................................. 145
-8505 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (March 19, 1785) .............................................................................. 145
-8506 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (July 16, 1785) ................................................................................... 145
-8507 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (July 22, 1785) ................................................................................... 145
-8508 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (August 6, 1785) ............................................................................... 146
-8509 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (August 15, 1785) ............................................................................. 146
-8510 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (August 22, 1785) ............................................................................. 147
-8511 Mr. Palmer. Exp~ion of mail coach routes (August 29, 1785) ............................................................................. 147
-8512 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (September 5, 1785) ......................................................................... 148
-8513 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (September 12, 1785) ....................................................................... 149
-8514 Mr. Palmer. Expansion of mail coach routes (October 1, 1785) ................................................................. : ........... 150

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