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Mail coaches, innkeepers and costly letters mark the earlier postal world that James Wilson Hyde sets beside Britain's faster communications. Written around the Jubilee of the Penny Post, this historical account considers a century of change in the Post Office. Foot messengers and horse posts give way to a discussion of coaches, steam transport and the telegraph, with attention to the spread of news and the growth of public opinion.
Hyde follows the service into its everyday working arrangements. Mail guards supplement small wages with tips and errands, while country inns combine the handling of letters with the supply of horses. Such details show how postal business depended on people, premises and habits as well as transport. Readers interested in British social history can use this account to explore the connections Hyde draws between affordable communication, political discussion, education and commerce.
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- James Wilson Hyde
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