Burbridge, A. (fl. 1794) Account of Tobias Lear to A Burbridge
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.034 Author/Creator: Burbridge, A. (fl. 1794) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1794/01/16 Pagination: 2 p. 18.5 x 11.5 cm Order a Copy
Invoice for mail delivery services
Mr. Lear
To A Burbige
Thursday Jany 16th 1794
18 times [illegible] your han
up to Jan 31st 1794 9
Friday Jany 17th went with Mr. Lear
to Ansrm Fryers and Crutched fryers
delivered 8 letters as follows one in
mall - 2d - Minery Land 3d- in
lower sheet- 4th-space church street
removed to Leadinhale street-5th-
Old pay office Broad [illegible]. -6th-in
Jisc Lane - 7th- Barny hall
Street-8th- in Pallmall -
Monday Jany. 20th-Went to Barr
Street [wapping] & to Crutched fryers
Tuesday Jan 21st = Went with Frederick to Cumberland place and to Minering Lane -
Brought Over
Wednesday Jany 22nd= went to
Great Ormond Street [illegible]
Thursday Jan 23rd = went to Brown
Street wapping helped the luggage
from on ship board and help load
the cart -
Thursday Jany 28th = went with Fred
to the Morning Cronicle [sic] Office for
news papers and to Sunday places
was out two hours ---
Thursday Jany 30th went to the
Morning Herald and Post Offices
for newspapers could not succeed
Friday Jan 31st went again
on the said business a person
promised to get them one by
10 of [illegible] Mondy, told Mr. Lear
he informed the he did not want them
L
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