1749 PRIVATELY CARRIED LETTER WOODPLUMPTON, NEAR PRESTON, LANCS TO LIVERPOOL. Letter from Woodplumpton, Lancs, some internal faults and slight soiling, dated 10th October 1749 'To Mrs Ann Wiliamson, In Chaple Strite, with a horse and a gull for Mrs James In Liverpool'. Without handstamp or chargemarks, a good example of privately carried mail. (Ref 143168).