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[jbor]

on 8/10/01 3:55 PM, calbert at hslboxmaster.com at calbert at hslboxmaster.com
wrote:

> "Even in 1622, after the beginning of the Thirty Years War, a
> SPecial Post and Butcher Regulation issued by Duke Johann
> Friedrich of Wurttemberg shows that in remote localities where
> there was no regular mail service the butchers were still in the habit
> of carrying letter bags;
> AND THAT IN SUCH DISTRICTS THEY WERE ALSO EXPECTED
> TO SUPPLY THE MEANS OF CONVEYING TRAVELLERS,
> WHICH WAS NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF
> THE MAIL SERVICE......"
> 
> Harlow, pg.67......

It connects up with the "knight of deliverance" line at the end of Ch 1 also
I think, and to the later reference to the Pony Express. Excellent detective
work! Of course, as a "deliverer" Metzger turns out to be a bit of a dud for
Oedipa as well.

best