Post to London Post Route Reaches Gosport
In Gosport on September 1, word arrived that a grant from the General Post Office funds a daily post to London but the route ran only three times weekly.
03 Sep 1771
Page 1
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 03, 1771
Page
1
In Gosport on September 1, word arrived that a grant from the General Post Office funds a daily post to London but the route ran only three times weekly.
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