Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece

by James Rees

• A.
• A Chapter of Accidents, [366].
• Abolition Papers in the South, [195].
• Addenda, [410].
• Addresses on Letters should be legible, [337].
• Alphabets of Different Nations, [30].
• American Flag, [173].
• Ancient Writing-Materials, [35].
  • Ink, [41].
  • Ruins, [19].
• Andersonville Post-Office, [365].
• Appointment-Office, Postal, [268].
• Appleton’s Postal Guide, [339].
• Augustus Cæsar, 14, [20].
• Austria, the Carrier System, [364].
• B.
• Bache, Richard, [146].
• Barry, William T., Postmaster-General, [190].
• Bells, Christ Church, [97].
• Biographies of Postmaster-Generals, [187].
• • Samuel Osgood (1789), [187].
  • Timothy Pickering (1794), [188].
  • Jos. Habersham (1795), [189].
  • Gideon Granger (1802), [189].
  • Return J. Meigs (1814), [189].
  • John McLean (1823), [190].
  • William T. Barry (1829), [190].
  • Amos Kendall (1835), [193].
  • John M. Niles (1840), [207].
  • Francis Granger (1841), [207].
  • Chas. A. Wickliffe (1841), [210].
  • Cave Johnson (1845), [211].
  • Jacob Collamer (1849), [212].
  • N. K. Hall (1850), [212].
  • Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (1852), [213].
  • James Campbell (1853), [213].
  • Aaron Vail Brown (1857), [214].
  • Joseph Holt (1858), [215].
  • Horatio King (1861), [217].
  • Montgomery Blair (1861), [217].
  • William Dennison (1864), [224].
• Blair, Montgomery, Postmaster-General, [217].
  • Extract from his Report, [220].
• Blood’s Despatch, [394].
  • Legal Opinion on, [394].
• Books, Ancient, [40].
• Boston Post, [94].
• Bradford, William, Colonial Postmaster, [118].
• Brintnall, David, [96].
• Brown, Aaron Vail, [214].
• C.
• Campbell, James, Postmaster-General, [213]
• Carrier-Pigeons, [50].
• Carriers, Letter, [255].
• Charles I., Postal System under, [61].
• Charlemagne, Postal System under, [21], [58].
• Chinese Post, [58].
• • Decoy System, [317].
• Collamer, Jacob, Postmaster-General, [212].
• Colonial Post, [90].
• Colonies, the, [90].
• Commerce, [21].
• Commercial League, [21].
• Complaints about Mistakes, [370].
• Confusion of Tongues, [47].
• Congress, Colonial, [176].
  • Places held, [175].
  • under the Constitution, [177].
• Contract-Office, Postal, [268].
• Curiosities of the Post-Office, [357].
• Curious Cartridge-Paper, [163].
  • Inscription on Letters, [343].
• Cyrus, King of Egypt, his Postal System, [19].
• D.
• Dead-Letters, [307].
• • Account of, [309].
  • Curiosities of, [313].
• Declaration of Independence, [98], [162].
• Decoy-Letter System, [314].
  • in China, [317].
• Dennison, William, Postmaster-General, [224].
• Dishonest Merchant, [332].
• Distribution of Letters in Europe, [364].
• Domestic Postage, [264].
• Dove, Noah’s, [49].
  • the Carrier, [60].
• E.
• Early Posts, [98].
• Egypt, [19].
• Egyptian Pyramids, [19].
• Elements of the American System, [206].
• Elements of the British Postal System, [205].
• Employees in the English Post-Office, [382].
• English Post-Office History, [57], [382].
• • Charles I., [61].
  • Elizabeth, [60].
  • Postal System, [58].
  • Post-Office, Inside View, [243].
  • under Edward IV., [59].
• Espionage over Letters in France, [386].
  • in the Southern States, [196].
• European Postal History, [57].
  • Posts, Summary of, [81].
• F.
• Fanaticism in the Colonies, [91].
• Fatal Letter, the, [357].
• Finance-Office, Postal, [268].
• First Regular Post, [18].
• • Riding-Post, [18].
  • Stage from Philadelphia to New York, [115].
• Forbidden Articles, [362].
• Franking Privilege, 288, [383].
  • curious account of, [297].
  • in England, [296].
  • in France, [296].
  • its Abuse, [293].
  • who are entitled to it, [297].
• Franklin, Benjamin, in Philadelphia, [143].
  • Death of, [153].
  • Epitaph on, [154].
  • Letter from, [147].
  • Mrs., Letter to her Husband, [142].
  • Postmaster (1737), [118].
  • Postmaster (1753), [140].
  • Postmaster (1775), [142].
  • Printer and Editor, [149].
• G.
• German Post, [24].
• Glance over the Postal System at the Philadelphia Post-Office, [236].
• Gliddon, George R., on Ancient Egypt, [27].
• Government of Pennsylvania, [102].
• Governors of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1863, [183].
• Granger, Francis, Postmaster-General, [207].
• Granger, Gideon, Postmaster-General, [189].
• H.
• Habersham, Joseph, Postmaster-General, [189].
• Hail Columbia, [172].
• Hall, N. K., Postmaster-General, [212].
• Hamilton’s, Col. J., Colonial Postal Scheme, [94].
• Hanseatic League, [21].
• Hazard, Ebenezer, Postmaster-General, [187].
• Herodotus, [18].
• Hieroglyphical Writing, [42].
• • among Indians, [46].
• Hill, Rowland, [73].
• Hiram, King, his Letter to Solomon, [55].
• Holt, John, Printer, [101].
  • Joseph, Postmaster-General, [215].
• Hubbard, Samuel Dickinson, [213].
• I.
• Important Postal Tables, [259].
• • Facts, [284].
• Indecent Postal Matter, [383].
• Independent Post-Office, [100].
• Indian Hieroglyphics, [45].
• Ink, Ancient, [41].
• Ink-Horns, [41].
• Inspection-Office, Postal, [269].
• J.
• Jemmy the Rover, [156].
• Jezebel the First Letter-Writer, [54].
• Johnson, Cave, Postmaster-General, [211].
• July 4, 1776, [161], [163].
• K.
• Kendall, Amos, Postmaster-General, [193].
• • about Abolition Papers, [196].
  • his Strict Postal Rules, [201].
  • Letter to Southern Postmaster, [196].
  • Southern Tyranny, [197].
  • the Press, [200].
• King, Horatio, Postmaster-General, [217].
• L.
• Language, Origin of, [30].
• Languages, Various, [30].
• Lawsuit, a Curious One, [371].
• • Law-Definition of, [338].
  • to be repealed, [338].
• Leaves from the Note-Book of a Special Agent, [325], [327], [332].
• Letter-Boxes, [360].
• Letter-Carriers, [255].
  • as a Class, [255].
  • Belgian, [364].
  • in Italy, [364].
  • in London, [256].
  • in Paris, [383].
  • in Prussia, [364].
  • their Compensation, [363].
• Letter-Carrying System, [251].
• Letters, [53].
  • curious directions on, [343].
  • improperly directed, [335].
  • in Ancient Times, [53].
• Letter-Sealing, [370].
• Letter-Writers, the First, [54].
  • from Solomon to Hiram, [55].
  • Hiram’s Answer, [56].
• Liberty-Tree, [166].
• Lincoln, Abraham, 219, [410].
• Literature in the United States, [125].
• Locality of Old Post-Offices, [231].
  • of Old Houses, [96].
• Lockett, Lydia, [169].
• M.
• Mails in England, [306].
• • on the Sabbath, [302].
  • the Early, [99].
  • to China and Japan, [227].
• Makin, Thomas, Colonial Schoolmaster, [113].
• Market-Days in Philadelphia, [97].
• McLean, John, Postmaster-General, [190].
• Meigs, Return J., Postmaster-General, [189].
  • on the Sabbath, [304].
• Messengers in the Olden Time, [49].
• Mint, the First, [188].
• Miscellaneous, [365].
• Money-Order System, [350].
• N.
• New Post-Office, Philadelphia, [236].
• New York Post-Office, [99].
• • an Act relative to (1785), [115].
  • Early History of, [99].
• Newspaper Postage, [265].
  • Abuse of, [356].
  • English Estimate of, [358].
  • Exchanges, [339].
  • Postmaster-General’s Report on, [341].
  • Press, [253], [355].
  • Value of, [340].
• Niles, John M., Postmaster-General, [207].
• Noah’s Dove, [49].
• Number of Post-Offices, [206].
• O.
• Olden Time, Philadelphia, [122].
• Old Riding-Post, [18].
• • Coffee-House, [120].
  • Houses, [96].
  • Hunting-Club, [116].
  • Post-Rider, [92].
• One-Cent System, [363].
• Organization of the Postal System, [267].
• Origin of Posts, Post-Offices, &c., [13].
  • Languages, [30].
  • Writing-Materials, [35].
• Osgood, Samuel, Postmaster-General, [187].
• Our National Grief, [412].
• P.
• Palmer, John, [67].
• Pandora’s Box, Dead-Letter Office, [313].
• Paper, [37].
• Papyrus, [37].
• Pastoral Life, [28].
• • Labor, [29].
• Pencils, [39].
• Penn, William, [102], [104], [113], [117].
• Pennsylvania in the Olden Time, [102].
  • History of, [102].
• Penny Post first established, [63].
  • in America, [392].
  • in England, [383].
• Philadelphia Post-Office, [110].
  • Architectural View, [237].
  • in 1793, [230].
  • in the Olden Time, [122].
  • Postmasters, [234].
  • Post-Office, Inside View, [241].
  • Post-Office, Outside View, [239].
  • Stage-Wagons, [115].
• Pickering, Thomas, Postmaster-General, [188].
• Plan of Philadelphia, [117].
• Plitt, George, his Report on Foreign Post-Offices, [380].
• Post-Coaches, [271].
  • Horses, 20, 93, [271].
  • Riders, [19].
• Postage on Printed Matter, [339].
  • Domestic, [340].
  • Stamp Collectors, [377].
  • Stamps, History of, [373].
  • curious use of, [378].
• Postal Department, [267].
  • Revenue, [282].
  • Statistics, [262].
  • Tables, Important, [260].
• Postmaster-Generals, a List of, [187].
  • a Royal One, [18].
  • under the Constitution, [188].
  • under the Crown, [94].
  • under the Proprietary Government, [187].
• Postmasters in Philadelphia, [234].
• Post-Office, Philadelphia, [110], [230].
  • a Political Institution, [16], [203].
  • Boston, [94].
  • Curiosities, [357].
  • England, 57, [382].
  • New York, 95, [99].
  • solvent, [387].
  • Statistics, [260].
• Post-Offices, Ancient and Modern, [13].
  • Number of, [206].
• Posts, Early, [98].
  • in China, [58].
  • in Greece, [14].
  • in Rome, [14].
  • in the Tyrol, [17].
  • under King Cyrus, [18].
• Pratt, Henry, Post-Rider (1738), [121].
• Presidents of Congress, Colonial, [176].
  • under the Constitution, [177].
• Press, Abuse of the Freedom of, [356].
• Press, Freedom of the, [355].
  • Importance of, [253].
• Prophecy, a Strange One, [157].
• Pyramids of Egypt, 19, [275].
• Q.
• Queen Elizabeth, [60].
• Quills, [39].
• R.
• Railroad Postal System, [286].
• Railroads, Ancient, [273].
• • in America, [277].
  • in England, [276].
• Rates of Postage, [339].
• Rebellion, [194].
• Regulators in the South, [197].
• Reminiscences, [139].
• Report of Mr. George Plitt, [380].
• Riding-Post, [18].
• Roger, Count of Thurn, [17].
• Romance of the Post-Office, [111].
• Rosetta Stone, [43], [44].
• Ruins of Ancient Cities, [273].
• S.
• Sabbath Day, [302].
• Salaries of Postmasters, [391].
• Scenes at the Post-Office, [367].
• Scribe, [40].
• Scriptural Allusions to Writing-Materials, &c., [35].
• Sealing-Wax, [370].
• Society Hill, [122].
• Sons of Liberty, [101].
• Special Agents, [319].
• • Agent, Carrier’s Department, [323].
• Stage-Wagons, [96].
• Stamps, Collectors of, [377].
  • Curious Use of, [378].
  • History of, [373].
• Star-Spangled Banner, [173].
• Style, [38].
• Suggestions, Postal, [361].
• Summary of English Posts, [84].
• T.
• Tables, Important Postal, [262].
• Tablets, [37].
• Tales of the Post-Office, [397].
• The Post comes in, [368].
• The Siren, [406].
• The Victim of Love, [397].
• The Widowed Mother, [402].
• Theatres in Philadelphia, [124].
• Tower of Babel, [47].
• Trades and Professions, [27].
• U.
• Unmailable Letters, &c., [336].
• V.
• Virginia Postal System before the Revolution, [120].
• W.
• Walborn, C. A., [249].
• Waldy, Henry, [113].
• Waste Paper, [369].
• • Curious Incident connected with, [369].
• Watch your Letter-Boxes, [360].
• Wax, Sealing, [370].
• Wayne, Anthony, [156].
• Wharton, Robert, [117].
• Wickliffe, Charles A., Postmaster-General, [210].
• Work of the Post-Office, [254].
• Writing-Materials, Origin of, [35].
• Y.
• Yankee Doodle, Origin of, [167].
• • the Words, [170], [171].
• Yellow Fever (1793), [221].
• Youthful Mail-Robber, [327].
  

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