[92] Report, December 3, 1849: Ex. Doc., 31st Cong. 1st Sess., H. of R., No. 5, p. 776.

[93] Miles, Postal Reform, (New York, 1855,) § 34, pp. 25-27; also, History of the Post-Office,—Bankers’ Magazine, (New York,) November, 1857, Vol. XII. p. 364.

[94] Miles, ubi supra.

[95] Letters from Postmaster-General, February 26 and May 21, 1870: Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., Senate, No. 53, p. 8, and No. 86, p. 2.

[96] See, ante, [p. 88].

[97] Report of Postmaster-General, November 15, 1869, pp. 104-5: Executive Documents, 41st Cong. 2d Sess., H. of R., No. 1.

[98] Speech on the Postage Bill, February 7, 1845: Congressional Globe, 28th Cong 2d Sess., p. 258.

[99] First Report from Select Committee on Postage, p. 13,—Minutes of Evidence, No. 114: Parliamentary Papers, 1837-8, Vol. XX. Part 1.

[100] Lewins, Her Majesty’s Mails, (2d edit.,) p. 172, note.

[101] Third Report from Select Committee on Postage, p. vi: Parliamentary Papers, 1837-8, Vol. XX. Part 1.