Deleting Old Emails In Mail

I have a huge archive of emails from 2001 to 2004 stored in Mail which I can now safely delete to free up some space.
How can I delete these old emails in 'lumps' rather than laboriously delete them one by one?

You can delete your emails one mailbox at a time.
Select the mailbox you want to delete. At the bottom of the mail window, under the list of mailboxes, there is a menu with a little cog wheel. Choose delete from this menu. This deletes the mailbox you had selected.
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