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A little slower. For anyone out of shouting distance, you had to send a written message, or send someone out to tell them or ask them what you wanted.

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Until the development of horse-drawn mail services then the coming of the railways accelerated postal communications from the 18C onwards, things were indeed a little slower. For centuries, sending a letter and receiving a reply over a round-trip of just 200 miles was a hazardous undertaking lasting possibly a fortnight or even more.

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