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History of Francis Freeling’s work at the Post Office, 1809
Finding number: POST 98/9
This handwritten history relates to the work of Francis Freeling at the Post Office. Freeling worked for the Post Office between 1783 and 1836. The account begins in 1791 and looks at Freeling's role in the suppression of seditious material which had sprung up in Britain following the French Revolution.
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