Project Gutenberg 2014-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 68 Hill, Rowland, Sir 1795 1879 Hill, Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman 1835 1903 Hill, G. Birkbeck (George Birkbeck) Hill, George Birbeck The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2) Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by Sir Rowland Hill and his nephew George Birkbeck Hill is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume delves into the life and contributions of Sir Rowland Hill, particularly focusing on his revolutionary ideas surrounding penny postage and the various reforms that transformed the postal system in Britain. The narrative addresses important events, committee inquiries, and legislative debates that shaped the development of efficient postal services. The opening of this volume sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the challenges and triumphs encountered by Hill in his quest for postal reform. It introduces us to the Committee of Inquiry of 1843, where Hill provided extensive evidence about the impact of his penny postage plan. He confronts numerous allegations relating to the financial viability of his proposals, illustrating the opposition he faced from within the Post Office and the Treasury. Through this early examination, readers are invited into Hill's struggles against bureaucratic hurdles and misrepresentations, highlighting his unwavering commitment to improving public communication and accessibility through cost-efficient postal services. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46498/46498-h/images/cover.jpg en Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879 Postal service -- Great Britain -- Rates HE Text Browsing: History - British 1367008 1367018 2024-09-19T12:00:39.602209 2023-09-20T08:07:53.326290 text/html text/html 1346550 2014-08-03T15:43:46 text/html 538527 2024-09-19T12:01:08.743093 application/epub+zip 571085 2024-09-19T12:00:47.600197 application/epub+zip 532356 2024-09-19T12:00:43.629191 application/epub+zip 955994 2024-09-19T12:01:20.108533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 852205 2024-09-19T12:01:02.514118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 813694 2022-09-21T07:05:19.325146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1091864 2024-09-19T12:00:18.377321 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1091629 2014-08-03T15:43:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 385608 2014-08-03T15:45:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1091306 2014-08-03T15:45:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 385420 2014-08-03T15:45:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1091303 2014-08-03T15:45:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 385284 2014-08-03T15:45:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22307 2024-09-19T12:01:20.283507 application/rdf+xml 22832 2024-09-19T12:00:43.880199 image/jpeg 3790 2024-09-19T12:00:43.756193 image/jpeg 489424 2014-08-03T15:45:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 490018 2024-09-19T12:00:39.700237 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia