CHAPTER VII INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. INTRODUCTION vii
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
4. CHAPTER I THE BEGINNINGS OF POSTAL SERVICE IN THE COLONIES 3
5. CHAPTER II THE COLONIAL POST UNDER NEALE’S PATENT 1692-1707 12
6. CHAPTER III DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIAL POST AS A BRANCH OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE, 1707-1775 23
7. CHAPTER IV THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AMERICAN POST OFFICE, 1775-1789 48
8. CHAPTER V EXTENSION OF POSTAL SERVICE, 1789-1829 68
9. CHAPTER VI THE POST OFFICE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE 1790-1829 91
10. CHAPTER VII INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 111
11. CHAPTER VIII POLITICS IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 127
12. CHAPTER IX FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE POST OFFICE 137
13. CHAPTER Χ POSTAL POLICIES, 1639-1829 162
14. APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE POSTMASTERS GENERAL 173
15. APPENDIX В BIBLIOGRAPHY 175
16. APPENDIX С TABLES 182