The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[640] Jo. H. L., 1736-41, p. 259.

[641] Ibid., p. 529.

[642] One man in five months counterfeited 14,400 franks of members of Parliament. Counterfeits of names of 27 members were shown. A regular trade in buying and selling them had sprung up (Jo. H. C., 1761-64, p. 998). Several Lords certified that their names had been counterfeited. Lord Dacre's name had been counterfeited 504 times (Jo. H. L., 1760-64, p. 534).

[643] Cal. T. B. & P., 1739-41, p. 450.

[644] Joyce, p. 189.

[645] 4 Geo. III, c. 24.

[646] Jo. H. C., 1761-64, pp. 1000-1001.

[647] Ibid., p. 999.

[648] Jo. H. C., p. 999.

[649] Ibid., 1761-64, p. 1001.