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The Miseries of Country Postmaster and Comet Fears
A London weekly shows a satirical scene of post office petty grievances over penny postage with Mrs Flaxman and Mr Piper debating prepaid letters and double charges. It also recounts 1712 comet panic, Bank run, and moral reflections on virtue and genius in a miscellany of colonial era extracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Monthly Magazine
Sean
Floxman
Mr Nobbe
Piper
Mr Nobbs
Mr. Piper
Nobbs
Mr. Rawle
Willie
Ravile
Mr. Ratile
Bristol
Ming
Mr. Lard
Thave
Taball
General Post Office
Miss Double
Met
Squire Ogle
Mr Piper
London
Brill
Squire
Tranaallite
Mark Lane Express
Ake
Parner
Beanstalk
Express
Perhope
Ays
Parmer
William Waltere
Waltere
Wildboar
Lyle
Lord Finchtown
Our County Chronicle
Lord Pinchtown
Advertiser
Hubert Morris
Old Frenchtown
Robert Morris
Landon
Thames
Lambeth
Gilbert Heathicate
Bank of England