HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCLXI.-CCCCLXV. General Post Office Appointment-Books, or registers of candidates, successful and unsuccessful, most of whom are mentioned in the preceding correspondence, arranged both in alphabetical order and in order of application, with local and other subdivisions, précis of answers to applications, etc.; 1852, 1853. Five volumes. Paper; ff. 34, 32, 94, 99, 54. Octavo (vol. i.) and folio.
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. CCCCXL.-CCCCLX. General Post Office Papers, comprising the correspondence and papers of Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, as Postmaster-General, with a few papers of his predecessor, Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquis of Clanricarde; 1852,1853. The contents consist chiefly of letters and memorials on behalf of applicants for appointment or promotion in the Post Office. Besides these there are a few letters requesting the establishment of new branch post-offices; c...
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Post Office: Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Hardwicke, when Postmaster General: 1852-1853.
(XII. ff. 455). 1-12 Sept. 1852. includes: f. 1 Urania Elizabeth Butler, wife of Sir Edward Butler: Letters to P. Dickson: 1852. f. 13 James Hans Hamilton, MP: Letters to P. Dickson: 1852. f. 15 Major-General Sir John Owen, KH: Letter to A. W. Blake,: 1852. ff. 19, 45, 122 Manchester, Lancashi...
(III. ff. 483). 1-15 Apr. 1852. includes: f. 2 Midhurst, Sussex: Testimonial from: 1852. f. 3 Lieutenant-General Hon Hugh Arbuthnott, MP for county Kincardineshire: Letters to the Postmaster-General: 1852. f. 5 George Sholto Douglas, Baron Douglas; 17th Earl of Morton 1827: Letter to the 4th L...