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Ten Years Among the Mail Bags

by James Holbrook

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Post Masters General
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Chapter I
  5. 5Chapter II
  6. 6Chapter III
  7. 7Chapter IV
  8. 8Chapter V
  9. 9Chapter VI
  10. 10Chapter VII
  11. 11Chapter VIII — A Night in a Post-Office
  12. 12Chapter IX — Throwing Off the Cars…
  13. 13Chapter X — Stopping a Post-Office
  14. 14Chapter XI
  15. 15Chapter XII
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Young Offenders — Thirty Years Ago — A Large Haul —…
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Obstructing the Mail
  18. 18Chapter XV — A Dangerous Mail Route — Wheat Bran — A Faithful Mail…
  19. 19Chapter XVI — The Tender Passion — Barnum’s Museum — Little Eva — T…
  20. 20Chapter XVII — Detached Incidents
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — Frauds Carried on Through the Mails
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Post-Office Sites
  23. 23Chapter XX — Harrowfork Post-Office
  24. 24Chapter XXI — Unjust Complaints
  25. 25Chapter XXII — Practical, Anecdotal, etc.
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — Responsibility of Post Masters
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — Official Courtesy, etc.
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Importance of Accuracy
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Post Masters as Directories — Novel Applications — T…
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — A Windfall for Gossipers — Suit for Slander — Profi…
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — Valentines
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — The Clairvoyant Discovery
  33. 33Chapter XXX — Poetical and Humorous Addresses Upon Letters
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — Origin of the Mail Coach Service
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — Evasion of the Post-Office Laws
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Post Office Paul Prys
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Special Agents
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — Route Agents
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Decoy Letters
  40. 40Supplementary Chapter

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