Foot-prints of a letter carrier or a history of the world's correspondece
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FOOT-PRINTS OF A LETTER-CARRIER;
PREFACE.
DEDICATION.
CONTENTS.
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.
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX.
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