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Ten Years Among the Mail Bags, Or, Notes From the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department

By James Holbrook

2019-06-13 00:21:45

The idea of preparing the present work was suggested to the author by the universal interest manifested in regard to the class of delinquencies to which it relates, and the eagerness with which the details of the various modes adopted in successful c ... Read more
The idea of preparing the present work was suggested to the author by the universal interest manifested in regard to the class of delinquencies to which it relates, and the eagerness with which the details of the various modes adopted in successful cases to detect the guilty parties, have been sought after by all classes. He was also induced to undertake this series of narratives by the hope and belief that while it afforded interesting matter for the general reader, it might prove a public benefit by increasing the safety of the United States mails, and fortifying those officially connected with the post-office and mail service, against the peculiar temptations incident to their position, thus preserving to society some at least who, without such warnings as the following sketches contain, might make shipwreck of their principles, and meet with a felon's doom. Less

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File size3701.72 KB
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PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2016-05-07
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1355885184
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