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CONTAINING

BIOGRAPHIES, TALES, SKETCHES,
INCIDENTS, AND STATISTICS CONNECTED WITH
POSTAL HISTORY.
BY
JAMES REES,
CLERK IN THE PHILADELPHIA POST-OFFICE.

“The Post-Office is properly a mercantile project. The government advances the expense of establishing the different offices, and of buying or hiring the necessary horses or carriages, and is repaid with a large profit by the duties upon what is carried.”

Smith, Wealth of Nations.

“A Messenger with Letters.”—Spenser.

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1866.

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