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. | |