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WINDSOR CASTLE—CAPT. ROGERS, COMMANDER.
HISTORY OF
THE POST-OFFICE PACKET SERVICE
BETWEEN THE YEARS 1793–1815
COMPILED FROM RECORDS, CHIEFLY OFFICIAL
NOTE.
My acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Ball, ofRoscarrach, Falmouth, for permission to make use,in illustrating this work, of four pictures in herpossession, namely, two of the action of the “Dukeof Marlborough” with the “Primrose” one of the“Windsor Castle,” and one of the “Hinchinbrooke”To Mr. Burton, of the Old Curiosity Shop, Falmouth,I am indebted for an illustration of Russell’sWagons; and to many other friends, in Cornwalland elsewhere, for very kind assistance and advice.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Falmouth in the Olden Time, | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Lax Administration, | 13 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| A Firmer Rule, | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |