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James Rees. Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece
Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece
Table of Contents
PREFACE
DEDICATION
I. Posts—Post-Offices, Ancient and Modern
THE FIRST RECORDED RIDING-POST
II. Nihil Sub Sole Novi
PASTORAL LIFE
LANGUAGE
III. Origin of the Materials of Writing, Tablets, etc
THE PEN
PENCILS
THE SCRIBE
ANCIENT INK
INK-HORNS
HIEROGLYPHICAL WRITING
THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES—THE CONFOUNDING OF LANGUAGES
IV. Messengers, Carriers, etc
THE CARRIER-PIGEON
LETTERS
THE FIRST LETTER-WRITERS
SOLOMON TO KING HIRAM
HIRAM TO KING SOLOMON
V. Post-Offices—England
SUMMARY
LONDON DISTRICTS
TOWN DELIVERIES
THE POSTE RESTANTE
VI. The Kaffir Letter-Carrier—African Post
VII. Post-Offices—The Colonies
EARLY POSTS
NEW YORK POST-OFFICE
INDEPENDENT POST-OFFICE
JOHN HOLT
VIII. Pennsylvania—The Olden Time
SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA
IX. Philadelphia Post-Office—Posts, etc
THE ROMANCE OF THE POST-OFFICE
HENRY WALDY, WM. PENN’S FIRST POSTMASTER
X. Reminiscences
MAD ANTHONY WAYNE AND JEMMY THE ROVER
FOURTH OF JULY, 1776
LIBERTY-TREE
YANKEE DOODLE:—THE AIR AND WORDS
HAIL COLUMBIA
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
THE PRESENT AMERICAN FLAG
CONGRESS
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA,
XI. Postmasters
XII. Philadelphia—1793
POST-OFFICE
LIST OF PHILADELPHIA POSTMASTERS
A GLANCE AT THE PHILADELPHIA POST-OFFICE FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL POINT OF VIEW
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE VIEW OF THE PHILADELPHIA POST-OFFICE
THE LETTER-CARRYING SYSTEM
THE PRESS
LETTER-CARRIERS
IMPORTANT POSTAL TABLES
CHANGES AND REDUCTIONS IN THE RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE IN FORMER YEARS
DOMESTIC POSTAGE
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE
ORGANIZATION OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT
APPOINTMENT-OFFICE
CONTRACT-OFFICE
FINANCE-OFFICE
INSPECTION-OFFICE
POST-COACHES, POST-HORSES, AND RAILROADS
SOMETHING ABOUT RAILROADS
HOW THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT
RAILROADS FROM 1760—ENGLAND
RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES
IMPORTANT FACTS
THE RAILWAY POSTAL SYSTEM
THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE
MAILS ON THE SABBATH
DEAD-LETTERS
PANDORA’S MAIL-BOX OPENED
ADVERTISED LETTERS
DECOY-LETTERS
XIII. Special Agents
WHAT IS REQUIRED OF A SPECIAL AGENT
SPECIAL AGENT OF THE LETTER-CARRIERS’ DEPARTMENT
A LEAF FROM A SPECIAL AGENT’S NOTE-BOOK
THE YOUTHFUL MAIL-ROBBER
THE DISHONEST MERCHANT
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO CITIES ONLY
UNMAILABLE LETTERS
ADDRESSES SHOULD BE LEGIBLE AND COMPLETE
A LAW TO BE REPEALED
POSTAGE ON TRANSIENT PRINTED MATTER
NEWSPAPERS, EXCHANGES, ETC
LETTER ADDRESSES.54
THE MONEY-ORDER SYSTEM
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE MONEY-ORDER SYSTEM
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
POST-OFFICE CURIOSITIES
NEWSPAPERS
WATCH YOUR LETTER-BOXES
SUGGESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC, ETC
FORBIDDEN ARTICLES
LETTER-CARRIERS, THEIR COMPENSATION, ETC
ONE-CENT SYSTEM
THE DISTRIBUTION OF LETTERS IN EUROPE
XIV. Miscellaneous
THE ANDERSONVILLE POST-OFFICE
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
A SCENE AT THE PHILADELPHIA POST-OFFICE
THE POST COMES IN
WATCH THE WASTE PAPER
SEALING-WAX
COMPLAINTS ABOUT MISTAKES
A LAW CASE
POSTAGE-STAMPS
REPORT OF MR. GEORGE PLITT
ENGLISH POST-OFFICE
FRANKING PRIVILEGE
PENNY POSTAGE
LETTER-CARRIERS IN PARIS
INDECENT POSTAL MATTER
ESPIONAGE OVER THE POST-OFFICE IN FRANCE
THE POST-OFFICE SOLVENT
SALARIES OF POSTMASTERS
THE PENNY POST
XV. Tales of the Post-Office
THE VICTIM OF LOVE
THE SIREN
XVI. Addenda
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Footnote
INDEX
