Ten Years Among the Mail Bags: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-office DepartmentH. Cowperthwait & Company, 1856 - 432 pagina's Postgeschichte ; Paketpost ; Briefpost ; Postbetrieb ; Amerika. |
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... fact that they are not dry , abstract precepts which he presents , but portions of real life ; experiences the like of which may be the lot of any young man ; temptations before which stronger men than he have fallen , and which he must ...
... fact that they are not dry , abstract precepts which he presents , but portions of real life ; experiences the like of which may be the lot of any young man ; temptations before which stronger men than he have fallen , and which he must ...
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... been a very ardent believer in the necessity or usefulness of " Secret Agents , " so called . In fact , when he entered upon the duties of his office , 26 POLITICAL PHLEBOTOMY . he dismissed the entire corps of 3 ( 25 )
... been a very ardent believer in the necessity or usefulness of " Secret Agents , " so called . In fact , when he entered upon the duties of his office , 26 POLITICAL PHLEBOTOMY . he dismissed the entire corps of 3 ( 25 )
Pagina 33
... fact that they are sworn to do nothing contrary to the laws , in their official capacity , and that if they incur the guilt of a breach of trust , they also become guilty of perjury , it should be con- sidered that the well - being of ...
... fact that they are sworn to do nothing contrary to the laws , in their official capacity , and that if they incur the guilt of a breach of trust , they also become guilty of perjury , it should be con- sidered that the well - being of ...
Pagina 37
... fact would perhaps have attracted no particular attention , were it not for the absence of any apparent object in this exchange . The imperfect description of the stranger which I obtained , agreed tolerably well , as far as it went ...
... fact would perhaps have attracted no particular attention , were it not for the absence of any apparent object in this exchange . The imperfect description of the stranger which I obtained , agreed tolerably well , as far as it went ...
Pagina 39
... fact , which was , to see the merchant before referred to , as being cognisant of the passing of the twenty dollar notes , who had already been partially informed of the object of my former inquiries concerning them ; and to request him ...
... fact , which was , to see the merchant before referred to , as being cognisant of the passing of the twenty dollar notes , who had already been partially informed of the object of my former inquiries concerning them ; and to request him ...
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Ten Years Among the Mail Bags: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent ... James Holbrook Volledige weergave - 1855 |
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent ... James Holbrook Volledige weergave - 1855 |
Ten Years Among the Mail Bags: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent ... James Holbrook Volledige weergave - 1888 |
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addressed afterwards appeared appointed arrest arrived ascertained baggage-master bank bank-notes bills Blake Boston Brooklyn called Carleton character charge circumstances clerk companion course crime Dead Letter Office decoy depredations directed dollars door duty evidence examination fact feel Fort Covington furnished gentleman guilty hand Harrowfork honest honor horse Hubbardston innocent inquired investigation Joab John Harmon Jolliet knew landlord letter box look mail carrier Marshal ment miles mind molasses morning neighboring never night obtained occasion Ogdensburg once package paper party passed person post master Post-Office Department present Quaker question railroad received remarked replied request returned rifled road robberies Robert Marshall route secure seemed sent soon Special Agent Squire supposed suspected suspicion taken thing thought tion took town truth turned village wafers wish York York post young