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The King’s Post

by R. C. Tombs

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Earliest Bristol Posts, 1580…
  3. 3Chapter II — The Post House at the Dolphin Inn, in Dolphin Street,…
  4. 4Chapter III — Elizabethan Post to Bristol — The Queen’s Progress, 1574
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Roads — The Coach — Mr. John Palmer’s Mail Coach I…
  6. 6Chapter V — Appreciations of Ralph Allen, John Palmer, and Sir Fran…
  7. 7Chapter VI — Bristol Mail Coach Announcements, 1802-1830 — The New…
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Bristol and Portsmouth Mail From 1772 Onwards…
  9. 9Chapter VIII
  10. 10Chapter IX — Toll Gates and Gate-Keepers
  11. 11Chapter X — Daring Robberies of the Bristol Mail by Highwaymen, 172…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Manchester and Liverpool Mails…
  13. 13Chapter XII — Primitive Post Office…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Bristol Rejuvenated…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Small (The Post Office) Street, Bristol…
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Post Office Trunk Telephone System at Bristol — Th…
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Post Office Benevolent Society…
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Quaint Addresses and the Dean’s Peculiar Signature…
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Postmasters-General…

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