Mail robber. Whereas the post-boy, carrying the North mail from hence to Frodsham, was stopped this morning ... by a single footpad, who ... rode off with the horse and mail, ...
Chester Post-Office.
[Chester,
1789]
Dated at head: Chester Post-Office, June 29, 1789; signed: Stephen Palin, Post-Master.
ESTC
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