The History of the United States Post Office to the Year 1829 / Wesley Everett Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rich, Wesley Everett, author.

Series:

Harvard Economic Studies

Harvard Economic Studies ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postal service--United States--History.

Postal service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE BEGINNINGS OF POSTAL SERVICE IN THE COLONIES

CHAPTER II THE COLONIAL POST UNDER NEALE'S PATENT 1692-1707

CHAPTER III DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIAL POST AS A BRANCH OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICE, 1707-1775

CHAPTER IV THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AMERICAN POST OFFICE, 1775-1789

CHAPTER V EXTENSION OF POSTAL SERVICE, 1789-1829

CHAPTER VI THE POST OFFICE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE 1790-1829

CHAPTER VII INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

CHAPTER VIII POLITICS IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

CHAPTER IX FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE POST OFFICE

CHAPTER Χ POSTAL POLICIES, 1639-1829

APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE POSTMASTERS GENERAL

APPENDIX В BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX С TABLES

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-43541-9

OCLC:

1013955943