Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondeceRees, James
History
Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece
Rees, James
Postal service -- History; Postal service -- United States -- History
Letter-Carriers, 255.
as a Class, 255.
Belgian, 364.
in Italy, 364.
in London, 256.
in Paris, 383.
in Prussia, 364.
their Compensation, 363.
Letter-Carrying System, 251.
Letters, 53.
curious directions on, 343.
improperly directed, 335.
in Ancient Times, 53.
Letter-Sealing, 370.
Letter-Writers, the First, 54.
from Solomon to Hiram, 55.
Hiram’s Answer, 56.
Liberty-Tree, 166.
Lincoln, Abraham, 219, 410.
Literature in the United States, 125.
Locality of Old Post-Offices, 231.
of Old Houses, 96.
Lockett, Lydia, 169.
M.
Mails in England, 306.
on the Sabbath, 302.
the Early, 99.
to China and Japan, 227.
Makin, Thomas, Colonial Schoolmaster, 113.
Market-Days in Philadelphia, 97.
McLean, John, Postmaster-General, 190.
Meigs, Return J., Postmaster-General, 189.
on the Sabbath, 304.
Messengers in the Olden Time, 49.
Mint, the First, 188.
Miscellaneous, 365.
Money-Order System, 350.
N.
New Post-Office, Philadelphia, 236.
New York Post-Office, 99.
an Act relative to (1785), 115.
Early History of, 99.
Newspaper Postage, 265.
Abuse of, 356.
English Estimate of, 358.
Exchanges, 339
Postmaster-General’s Report on, 341.
Press, 253, 355.
Value of, 340.
Niles, John M., Postmaster-General, 207.
Noah’s Dove, 49.
Number of Post-Offices, 206.
O.
Olden Time, Philadelphia, 122.
Old Riding-Post, 18.
Coffee-House, 120.
Houses, 96.
Hunting-Club, 116.
Post-Rider, 92.
One-Cent System, 363.
Organization of the Postal System, 267.
Origin of Posts, Post-Offices, &c., 13.
Languages, 30.
Writing-Materials, 35.
Osgood, Samuel, Postmaster-General, 187.
Our National Grief, 412.
P.
Palmer, John, 67.
Pandora’s Box, Dead-Letter Office, 313.
Paper, 37.
Papyrus, 37.
Pastoral Life, 28.
Labor, 29.
Pencils, 39.
Penn, William, 102, 104, 113, 117.
Pennsylvania in the Olden Time, 102.
History of, 102.
Penny Post first established, 63.
in America, 392.
in England, 383.
Philadelphia Post-Office, 110.
Architectural View, 237.
in 1793, 230.
in the Olden Time, 122.
Postmasters, 234.
Post-Office, Inside View, 241.
Post-Office, Outside View, 239.
Stage-Wagons, 115.
Pickering, Thomas, Postmaster-General, 188.
Plan of Philadelphia, 117.
Plitt, George, his Report on Foreign Post-Offices, 380.
Post-Coaches, 271.
Horses, 20, 93, 271.
Riders, 19.
Postage on Printed Matter, 339.
Domestic, 340.
Stamp Collectors, 377.
Stamps, History of, 373.
curious use of, 378.
Postal Department, 267.
Revenue, 282.
Statistics, 262.
Tables, Important, 260.
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