POST FROM PARIS TO PERPIGNAN. Louis Joseph DU HAMEL (1777-18 - Lot 409

POST FROM PARIS TO PERPIGNAN. Louis Joseph DU HAMEL (1777-1859) The Prefect of the Pyrénées Orientales. Letter A.S. PERPIGNAN (66) November 24, 1814. To the Director of POST. 3 pp folio. He complains about the delay of the Mail from Paris to Perpignan. "Causes a notable prejudice to the action of administrative orders by the course it must follow. He explains why. "The mail arrives at 8 a.m. in Perpignan and leaves immediately for the rest of the department. The result is that while my ministerial dispatches require me to respond to orders in the sub-prefectures, I cannot do so on the same day... The same applies to the courier from Spain to France...". - He asks that the Courier leave at 11am...

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