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The United States post-office guide by Eli Bowen
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Tr.68
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowen, Eli, 1824-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postal service--Guides--United States.
- Postal service--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Postal service--Guides--United States.
- Postal service--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 352, [2] p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1851.
- Contents:
- A history of the post-office system throughout the world
- A review of the post-office establishment in the United States
- An exposition of the scheme of distribution, accompanied by a county map of the United States
- Rates of inland pastage
- Rates of foreign postage
- Miscellaneous statistics, items, and instructions
- A list of all the post-offices in the United States, with the county, state, and post-master's name
- A list of all the mail routes in the United States
- A list of all the railroad, canal, and steamboat routes in the United States.
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