The History of the Post Office in British North America

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William Smith. The History of the Post Office in British North America

The History of the Post Office in British North America

Table of Contents

PREFACE

PORTRAITS

HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE. IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA

CHAPTER I

Footnote

CHAPTER II

Footnote

CHAPTER III

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CHAPTER IV

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CHAPTER V

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CHAPTER VI

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CHAPTER VII

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CHAPTER VIII

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CHAPTER IX

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CHAPTER X

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CHAPTER XI

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CHAPTER XII

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CHAPTER XIII

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CHAPTER XIV

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CHAPTER XV

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CHAPTER XVI

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CHAPTER XVII

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CHAPTER XVIII

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CHAPTER XIX

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CHAPTER XX

INDEX

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William Smith

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The four acts were sent to London, and laid before the king in council, as all colonial acts were. The acts of New York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire passed council and became law. On the advice of the governors of the post office, the Massachusetts act was disallowed.[17]

The grounds for the discrimination against Massachusetts are difficult to understand. The Massachusetts act undoubtedly contained departures from the terms of the patent. But they were such departures as might be expected when an act is drawn up, by a person unlearned in the law, who, having the patent before him, aims at substantial rather than at literal conformity therewith. There can be no question that the drafts presented to the several assemblies were prepared by one person. Their practical identity establishes the fact.

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