- 448 pages
- English
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The American Postal Network, 1792–1914 Vol 2
About this book
By covering both administrative and non-administrative aspects of the postal network, this four-volume reset edition shows how this system was part of a larger network which included different modes of transport and communication (steamboats, railroads, telegraphs) as well as political parties (the Democrats, Whigs and Republicans).
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Contents of the Edition
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Contracting
- I. Steamship Subsidies and the Overland Mail
- Edward Mills, Statement... in Relation to his Mail Contract with the United States Government [1850]
- A Few Suggestions Respecting the United States Mail Steam Service (1850)
- W. C. Templeton, Proposals for and Advantages of a Regular Mail Communication ... by Steam Packets between New Orleans and Vera Cruz (1851)
- E. K. Collins
- E. K. Collins, Memorial (1851)
- Anon., Competition [1851]
- Patriotic Speculations: How to Get Your Foot Out of It [1851]
- Robert B. Forbes, On the Establishment of a Line of Mail Steamersfrom the Western Coast of the United States on the Pacific to China (1855)
- E. K. Collins, The Ocean Mail Service (1857)
- B. B. Meeker, Overland Mail Route from Lake Superior to Puget’s Sound (1858)
- John Roach, Letter... Suggesting the Experiment of Advertising for Proposals of the Lowest Rates (1876)
- Pacific Mail Steamship Company, The National Advantages of Government Aid to American Commerce (1877)
- II. Railway Mail
- Controversies
- George Bliss, Reply to a Late Letter of the Post-Master General (1842)
- Executive Committee of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies, Report of a Committee of the Joint Board of Directors (1847)
- Cave Johnson, Letter... in Answer to a Publication Made by the Joint Board of Directors of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies (1847)
- Executive Committee of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies, Reply (1847)
- Railroad Coventions
- Duff Green, Circular to the Presidents of Railroad Companies [1851]
- Proceedings of a Convention ... on the Recommendation to Reduce the Pay for Mail Service to Rail Road Companies (1854)
- The Civil War
- Statement Made by the Railroad Companies Owning the Lines Between Washington and New York (1864)
- Correspondence Between the President of the Virginia Central Rail Road Company and the Postmaster General in Relation to Postal Service (1864)
- Payment to Railroads for Carriage of Mail
- Isaac Hinckley, Postal Cars or No Postal Cars? A Question to Be Settled by the Action or Inaction of Congress (1874)
- George S. Bangs, Railroads vs. Postal Cars (1875)
- George S. Bangs, Discussion of the Proper Method of Compensation to Railroads for the Transportation of the Mails (1875)
- The Contest between Post Office and Railway
- W. W. Baldwin, The Railroad Mail Pay: A Memorandum [c. 1904]
- C. S. Mellen, Correspondence Between the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. and the Post Office Department Regarding Carriage of the Mail (1909)
- Explanatory Notes