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This task has been accomplished long ago as regards the great sea-battles; and most of even the lesser fights in which the ships of the Royal Navy were engaged have been sufficiently described. But there remains a service distinguished over and over again, an ancient service, highly useful to the public, and associated with a great department of State, whose history has been left untold till all the officers connected with it have passed away.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The very name has grown unfamiliar to our ears. It brings nothing to our minds, recalls no train of recollections, stirs up no dim memories. For the whole world, with the exception of a few people in Cornwall and on the east coast of England, the Packet Service is dead, like all the men who made it, and fought in it, and laid their lives down for it. It was a fighting service, yet the naval histories scarcely mention it. It was for a century and a half the regular vehicle of travellers; yet among the multitude of books which treat of the journeys of our grandfathers, few indeed take note of the fact that they sometimes crossed the ocean. Its records, containing many a story which other nations would have set with pride in the forefront of their history, have lain neglected for eighty years. Some have perished through the carelessness of three genera tions some were wantonly destroyed as possessing neither use nor interest. Even in Falmouth itself, so long the head-quarters of the Service, the actions which distinguished it are forgotten; and you may search for half a day before finding some old sailor, mending his nets in the stern of a boat, in whose memories those stories linger which have never been collected, and which few indeed of his fellow-towns men have cared to remember.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the fascinating and largely forgotten history of the British Post Office Packet Service. The author delves into the origins of this maritime service, which began in 1688 with the establishment of mail boats to and from Spain. The book focuses on the Falmouth station, which quickly grew into the most important Packet port, and provides a detailed account of the daily life of the Packet captains, sailors, and passengers. The book also examines the tensions between the Post Office's mandate to ensure the safety of the mail and the Packet captains' own financial incentives. As the book reveals, the Packet captains were often involved in smuggling and even piracy, leading to a long history of corruption and scandals that eventually reached the halls of Parliament. The author carefully details the evolution of the Packet Service from its early days of lax administration to the eventual reforms and tightening of regulations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In its examination of the Packet Service, this book provides a compelling lens into the changing social and political climate of the British Isles during a period of rapid transformation. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781333926410_0
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History of the Post-Office Packet Service Between the Years 1793-1815: Compiled From Records, Chiefly Official (Classic Reprint)
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