A History of the United States Post Office to the Year 1829

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1924

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CHAPTER I THE BEGINNINGS OF POSTAL SERVICE IN THE COLONIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
CHAPTER II THE COLONIAL POST UNDER NEALE’S PATENT 1692-1707 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	12
CHAPTER III DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIAL POST AS A BRANCH OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE, 1707-1775 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
CHAPTER IV THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AMERICAN POST OFFICE, 1775-1789 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
CHAPTER V EXTENSION OF POSTAL SERVICE, 1789-1829 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	68
CHAPTER VI THE POST OFFICE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE 1790-1829 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
CHAPTER VII INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
CHAPTER VIII POLITICS IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
CHAPTER IX FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE POST OFFICE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
CHAPTER Χ POSTAL POLICIES, 1639-1829 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE POSTMASTERS GENERAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
APPENDIX В BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
APPENDIX С TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182

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October 1, 2013

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February 5, 1924

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674431690

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Reprint 2014

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7

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190

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12

eBook ISBN: 9780674435414

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674431690

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