NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Palmer, John, 1742-1818 NRA: Palmer John (1742-1818) Projector of Mail Coaches MP DNB: Palmer, John (1742-1818), theatre proprietor and postal reformer LBT ID: JoPalme1818 VIAF ID: 160485315 LOC ID: n87869364 | B/BAP: 1742 DIED: 1818-08-16 |
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Theater manager in Bath and Bristol; he devised a system of mail-coaches adopted by
William Pitt to great effect. | |
REFERENCES TO John Palmer: Francis Freeling to William Jerdan, [November? 1815] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Francis Freeling to William Jerdan, [September 1818] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1:
¶ 1 Robert Southey, “Memoir: Going to School,” 20 March 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1:
¶ 8 Robert Southey, “Memoir: Miss Tyler,” 7 April 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1:
¶ 7 Robert Southey, “Memoir: School Recollections,” 10 January 1823 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1:
¶ 6 Robert Southey, “Memoir: Westminster School,” 29 August 1824 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) |