| The dead and missent letters were a source of continual trouble. |
| Inquiries were at once instituted, when it was discovered that it had been missent, and forwarded to Atlanta, instead of Macon. |
| In 1784 only a part of the dead letters and letters that had been missent went to the newly-created dead letter office. |
| We know that letters which could not be delivered and letters which had been missent were always treated together. |
| But I have been for some time absent from London and it is possible that letters may have been missent. |
| Previously, dead and missent letters had been handed to a clerk in the General Office. |
