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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Pagina xvii
... Returning to Camp - Minute Guns - A wel- come Return CHAPTER XII . Cheating the Clergy - Duping a Witness - Money missing- A singular Postscript - The double Seal - Proofs of Fraud - The same Bank - Note - Post - Boy " confronted - How ...
... Returning to Camp - Minute Guns - A wel- come Return CHAPTER XII . Cheating the Clergy - Duping a Witness - Money missing- A singular Postscript - The double Seal - Proofs of Fraud - The same Bank - Note - Post - Boy " confronted - How ...
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... returned almost empty - handed of letters from day to day , his disappointed fellow - boarders at first wondered at the silence of their friends , then suspicion began to work in their minds ; and since the post master was a man of ...
... returned almost empty - handed of letters from day to day , his disappointed fellow - boarders at first wondered at the silence of their friends , then suspicion began to work in their minds ; and since the post master was a man of ...
Pagina 50
... returned to the house with him , to allow him to make some preparation for a night's ride , and as they issued from the dwelling , I noticed that F. had on the identical Quaker coat , which had been to him what the robe of Nessus LOST ...
... returned to the house with him , to allow him to make some preparation for a night's ride , and as they issued from the dwelling , I noticed that F. had on the identical Quaker coat , which had been to him what the robe of Nessus LOST ...
Pagina 60
... returned upon my prospects , and I saw in my mind's eye the money coming from my pocket and not his . We held but little conversation during the progress of our game , for my thoughts were preoccupied with my ultimate ob- ject , and L ...
... returned upon my prospects , and I saw in my mind's eye the money coming from my pocket and not his . We held but little conversation during the progress of our game , for my thoughts were preoccupied with my ultimate ob- ject , and L ...
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... free and easy specimen of Young America , " tell us about that great law - suit of yours . I never heard all the particulars . " " Wal , young man , " returned L. solemnly , " I'll tell you all 76 RAMIFICATIONS OF THE LAW . about it , ...
... free and easy specimen of Young America , " tell us about that great law - suit of yours . I never heard all the particulars . " " Wal , young man , " returned L. solemnly , " I'll tell you all 76 RAMIFICATIONS OF THE LAW . about it , ...
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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