id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
40469	Lang, T. B. (Thomas Bamford)	An Historical Summary of the Post Office in Scotland			.txt	text/plain	5858	330	68	CONTROLLER, SORTING DEPARTMENT, GENERAL POST OFFICE, EDINBURGH. Robert Mein, merchant,[10] and Keeper of the Letter Office, Edinburgh, settling and establishing a General Post Office," the Scottish Parliament "ordains and appoints a General Post Office to be kept within Postmaster-General is ordered to take care that Posts are established In 1708, the business of the General Post Office at Edinburgh was establishment of Horse Posts on the Western Road from Edinburgh. first regular Horse Post in Scotland appears to have been from Edinburgh Deputy Postmaster-General for Scotland, and would take office on the 1st In 1730, the yearly revenue of the Post Office establishment in Scotland carried more letters than the Post Office, at least in the country In 1754, the revenue of the General Post Office in Scotland was £8927, In April 1713, the Post Office in Edinburgh was removed to the first POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF GREAT BRITAIN, and the Office in SCOTLAND was	./cache/40469.txt	./txt/40469.txt