Horse-Drawn Mail
Contract with McNamara and Taylor, 1853
Finding number: POST 10/175
This contract was drawn up between the Postmaster General and Arthur McNamara and Thomas Taylor. The contract deals with the conveyance of mail from the GPO at St Martins-le-Grand to other London areas.
It is for five years and includes details of different payments to be used depending on the means of transport to be used.
The Post Office preferred to contract out the transport of its mail. Individual routes were contracted out to different companies. McNamara was one of the principle contractors used by the Post Office at this time.
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