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Mail coach

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A mail coach is a stagecoach that is used to deliver mail. In Great Britain, Ireland, and Australia, they were built to a General Post Office-approved design operated by an independent contractor to carry long-distance mail for the Post Office. Mail was held in a box at the rear where the only Royal Mail employee, an armed guard, stood. Passengers were taken at a premium fare. There was seating for four passengers inside and more outside with the driver. The guard's seat could not be shared. This distribution system began in Britain in 1784. In Ireland the same service began in 1789, and in Australia it began in 1828.

Books

John Skinner, Robert Burns, David Mallet, Robert Tannahill, Allan Ramsay, Flowers, Rural festivity, Unfortunate shepherdess, Seven excellent new songs, Betsy, Mourning bride, Sailor, Faithless sea-captain, Two excellent songs, Mail coach, Allan, Merry, Bell (bonny.), Farmer, lady Anne Barnard, Five songs, Ulster tragedy, Margaret (fict.name.), Jenny (of Aberdeen, fict.name.), Turkish lady, Fortunate lassie, Bonny Highland lad, Four excellent new songs, Banaphie, Belfast shoemaker, Capt Glen (fict. name.), Ellen More (fict.name.), Freemason, Gentle shepherd, Get, Hallow fair, Jemmy (fict.name.), Jockey, Johnny Faa (fict.name.), Katharine Ogie (fict.name.), Lilies, Nancy (fict.name.), Nicholas (fict.name.), Owen (fict.name.), Oxfordshire tragedy, Robin (fict.name.), Saldana ship, Scots songs, Six excellent new songs, Six favourite new songs, Three songs, Tom Tough (fict.name.), Unco bit want, Village sexton, Vittoria, Wanton wife, Wedderburn (capt, fict.name.), William (fict.name.), Woodpecker, duke of Gordon (fict. name.)
Lilies of the valley; to which are added, This is no my plaid [&c. Songs].
Lilies of the valley; to which are added, This is no my plaid [&c. Songs].
John Skinner, Robert Burns, David Mallet, Robert Tannahill, Allan Ramsay, Flowers, Rural festivity, Unfortunate shepherdess, Seven excellent new songs, Betsy, Mourning bride, Sailor, Faithless sea-captain, Two excellent songs, Mail coach, Allan, Merry, Bell (bonny.), Farmer, lady Anne Barnard, Five songs, Ulster tragedy, Margaret (fict.name.), Jenny (of Aberdeen, fict.name.), Turkish lady, Fortunate lassie, Bonny Highland lad, Four excellent new songs, Banaphie, Belfast shoemaker, Capt Glen (fict. name.), Ellen More (fict.name.), Freemason, Gentle shepherd, Get, Hallow fair, Jemmy (fict.name.), Jockey, Johnny Faa (fict.name.), Katharine Ogie (fict.name.), Lilies, Nancy (fict.name.), Nicholas (fict.name.), Owen (fict.name.), Oxfordshire tragedy, Robin (fict.name.), Saldana ship, Scots songs, Six excellent new songs, Six favourite new songs, Three songs, Tom Tough (fict.name.), Unco bit want, Village sexton, Vittoria, Wanton wife, Wedderburn (capt, fict.name.), William (fict.name.), Woodpecker, duke of Gordon (fict. name.)