{"product_id":"2940013882874","title":"The History of the Post Office from Its Establishment down to 1836 [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction—Master of the Posts—Posts centred in the Sovereign—Instructions for their Regulation—Travelling Post—Object of the Post Office Monopoly \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eThe Post through the County of Kent—This Post put under the care of De Quester—Stanhope of Harrington, as Master of the Posts, asserts his Rights—Vacillating Decisions of the Privy Council—Sir John Coke—Thomas Witherings \u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eThe Irish Post Office—British Mail Office—Earl of Clancarty—Edward Smith Lees—Abuses—Express Clerks and Clerks of the Roads—Alphabet—Provision for Soldiers' Wives—Thomas Whinnery, Postmaster of Belfast—Charles Bianconi—Holyhead Packets\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003eAppointment of Second Postmaster-General abolished—Other Economies—Transfer of the Falmouth Packets to the Admiralty—Speed of Mail-coaches—Mail-coaches the Disseminators of News—Newspapers—SirHenry Parnell—Royal Commission\u003cbr\u003eINDEX","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157180793072,"sku":"2940013882874","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013882874_p0.jpg?v=1763596672","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013882874","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}