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Foot-prints of a Letter Carrier

by James Rees

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  1. 1Or
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Dedication
  4. 4Epigraph — I — Posts — Post-Offices, Ancient and Modern
  5. 5II — Nihil Sub Sole Novi
  6. 6III — Origin of the Materials of Writing, Tablets, etc.
  7. 7IV — Messengers, Carriers, etc.
  8. 8V — Post-Offices — England
  9. 9VI — The Kaffir Letter-Carrier — African Post
  10. 10VII — Post-Offices — The Colonies
  11. 11VIII — Pennsylvania — The Olden Time — Sketch of the History of Pen…
  12. 12IX — Philadelphia Post-Office — Posts, etc.
  13. 13Henry Waldy, Wm. Penn’s First Postmaster
  14. 14X — Reminiscences
  15. 15Fourth of July, 1776
  16. 16Liberty-Tree
  17. 17Yankee Doodle — The Air and Words
  18. 18Hail Columbia
  19. 19The Star-Spangled Banner
  20. 20The Present American Flag
  21. 21Congress
  22. 22The Continental Congress Before the Revolution
  23. 23Under the Constitution
  24. 24Governors of Pennsylvania
  25. 25XI — Postmasters
  26. 26XII — Philadelphia — 1793
  27. 27Outside and Inside View of the Philadelphia Post-Office
  28. 28The Letter-Carrying System
  29. 29The Press
  30. 30Letter-Carriers
  31. 31Important Postal Tables
  32. 32Changes and Reductions in the Rates of Domestic Postage in Former Y…
  33. 33Domestic Postage
  34. 34Newspaper Postage
  35. 35Organization of the Postal Department
  36. 36Appointment-Office
  37. 37Contract-Office
  38. 38Finance-Office
  39. 39Inspection-Office
  40. 40Post-Coaches, Post-Horses, and Railroads
  41. 41Something About Railroads
  42. 42How the Pyramids Were Built
  43. 43Railroads From 1760 — England
  44. 44Railroads in the United States
  45. 45Important Facts
  46. 46The Railway Postal System
  47. 47The Franking Privilege
  48. 48Mails on the Sabbath
  49. 49Dead-Letters
  50. 50Pandora’s Mail-Box Opened
  51. 51Advertised Letters
  52. 52Decoy-Letters
  53. 53XIII — Special Agents
  54. 54The Money-Order System
  55. 55General Principles of the Money-Order System
  56. 56Freedom of the Press
  57. 57Post-Office Curiosities
  58. 58Newspapers
  59. 59Watch Your Letter-Boxes
  60. 60Suggestions to the Public, etc.
  61. 61Forbidden Articles
  62. 62Letter-Carriers, Their Compensation, etc.
  63. 63One-Cent System
  64. 64The Distribution of Letters in Europe
  65. 65XIV — Miscellaneous
  66. 66A Chapter of Accidents
  67. 67A Scene at the Philadelphia Post-Office
  68. 68The Post Comes in
  69. 69Watch the Waste Paper
  70. 70Sealing-Wax
  71. 71Complaints About Mistakes
  72. 72A Law Case
  73. 73Postage-Stamps
  74. 74Report of Mr. George Plitt
  75. 75English Post-Office
  76. 76Franking Privilege
  77. 77Penny Postage
  78. 78Letter-Carriers in Paris
  79. 79Indecent Postal Matter
  80. 80Espionage Over the Post-Office in France
  81. 81The Post-Office Solvent
  82. 82Salaries of Postmasters
  83. 83The Penny Post
  84. 84XV — Tales of the Post-Office
  85. 85The Siren
  86. 86XVI — Addenda Abraham Lincoln

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