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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)

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A combined biography and institutional history detailing Sir Rowland Hill's upbringing, the development and advocacy of the penny postage reform, and the administrative and political struggles encountered during its implementation. The narrative mixes Hill's own memoirs, family recollections, letters, and drafts edited and supplemented by his nephew, offering personal scenes from youth alongside technical accounts of postal innovations. It traces the formation of Hill's character, the procedural and ideological battles within postal administration, and the practical reforms introduced to simplify and broaden mail service, with appendices and documentary material supporting the main account.

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Title: The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Author: Sir Rowland Hill

George Birkbeck Norman Hill

Release date: April 29, 2019 [eBook #59390]

Language: English

Credits: E-text prepared by MWS, Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

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The Philatelic Digital Library Project,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
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