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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

American State Papers --INDEX TO POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

American State Papers [Post Office Department: Volume 1] : Index
INDEX TO POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

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• A.
• ... Pages.
• Abstract of statements rendered by postmasters for the year ending September 30, 1820, ... 103
• Accounts of General Post Office--Communication from Treasury Department, ... 94
• Account of Chester Bailey with General Post Office, ... 99
• Acceleration of southern mail, and arrangement of the post office at Washington, ... 141
• Additional allowance to R. Henderson, mail contractor, ... 34

  Same to Henry Weist, mail contractor, ... 38

• Additional clerks--Report in relation to, 1830, ... 222
• Advancement of money for printing--Answer of Postmaster General to the resolution of the Senate in relation to, ... 249
• Advertisements--Newspapers in which they have been published for contracts, ... 251
• Alabama--Post offices in, 1827, ... 177

  Same, 1828, ... 207

  Same, 1830, ... 294

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 178

  Same, 1828, ... 208

  Same, 1830, ... 294

  Resolutions of Legislature of, against repeal of Sunday mail laws, ... 260

• Alterations in post office law proposed, 1799, ... 17
• Answer--Of John Milledge to circular of the Postmaster General of March, 1802, ... 24

  Of W. B. Grove to the same, ... 25

  Of Thomas Moore to the same, ... 26

  Of Benjamin Huger to the same, ... 26

  Of clerks in Washington post office to interrogatories of the Postmaster General, ... 142

  Of Postmaster General to the resolutions of the Senate of 10th April, 1830, ... 349, 356

• Arkansas--Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 180

  Same, 1828, ... 210

  Same, 1830, ... 295, 296

• Assignment of Foyles's contract to D. Green, ... 150
• Assistant Postmaster General--Appointment of a third, ... 223
• Augusta, Maine--Memorial from citizens of, to discontinue Sunday mail, ... 236
• Austill, Jeremiah--Report of a committee of the House of Representatives on his claim, ... 297
• Averill & Hutchins--Extra compensation to, ... 148
• B.
• Bailey, Chester, mail contractor--Account of, ... 99
• Beard, W. H.--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Bond of James Foyles, ... 150
• Bonds of Duff Green, ... 151, 152, 153
• Boston--Memorial from citizens of, to discontinue Sunday mail, ... 237

  Same, on postage on newspapers and pamphlets, ... 341

• Bowen, George, mail contractor--Report on his petition for correction of error in his bond, ... 343
• Bradley, Abraham--Remonstrance of, ... 336
• Branch of General Post Office in western States, ... 61
• Building--Purchase of, for Post Office and Patent Office, ... 44
• C.
• Canada--Post office, and postage received, 1828, ... 210
• Circular of Postmaster General in relation to horses, feed, prices, roads, entertainment, travel, carriage builders, &c. in North Carolina, March 21, 1802, ... 23
• Clerks in Washington post office--Interrogatories to, ... 142

  Same--Answer to interrogatories, ... 142

  Additional--Report in House of Representatives, 1830, ... 222

  Same--Statement in relation to, ... 251, 256

• Communication of Postmaster General in relation to employing of negroes in transportation of mail, 1802, ... 27

  Same--Transportation of mail from Petersburg, Virginia, to Louisville, Georgia, &c. November, 1803, ... 29

  Same--Transmitting account of receipts for postage from 1801 to 1803, ... 30

  Same--Recommending additional allowance to R. Henderson, a mail contractor, ... 34

  Same--Relative to mail route from Washington to New Orleans? ... 35

  Same--Giving his opinion that Henry Weist is not entitled to additional allowance, ... 38

  Same--Obstructions to transmission of mail from Athens, Georgia, to New Orleans, March, 1806, ... 39

  Same--Giving a statement of the progress of the Post Office Department from 1793 to 1807, ... 40

  Same--Revision of Post Office laws, ... 41

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• Communication of Postmaster General--Giving opinion that Samuel Gordon, a mail carrier, ought not to receive compensation for a disability, ... 43

  Same--Giving a tabular view of the Post Office establishment from 1789 to 1809, ... 43

  Of President of the United States--Purchase of a building for the Post Office and Patent Office, ... 44

  Of Postmaster General--Remonstrance against delivery of letters on the Sabbath, ... 44

  Same--Condition of Department after incursion of the enemy in 1814, ... 46

  Same--Sunday mails in 1815, ... 46

  Of President of the United States--Number of post offices and produce of postage, February, 1815, ... 47

  Of Postmaster General--Reduction of postage, December, 1815, ... 48

  Same--Compensation of postmasters, 1816, ... 49

  Same, same, 1819, ... 62

  Same--Mail guards, ... 63

  From Treasury Department in relation to receipts and expenditures of Post Office Department, ... 72, 76

  Of Clerk House of Representatives relative to Postmaster General's report for 1818, ... 86

  Of Postmaster General, February 2, 1821, ... 90

  Same--Compensation of deputies and agents, ... 92

  Same--Postage on books, and expense of carrying mails, January, 1823, 111, 113 Same--Number of distributing offices, ... 113

  Same--Compensation of postmasters, 1824, ... 113

  Same--Extent of post roads, &c. 1824, ... 115

  Same--Post route from New Orleans to Washington, ... 119

  Same--Extra allowance to John Donly, 139 Same--Franking privilege to deputy postmasters, ... 141

  Same--Southern mail and Washington post office, 1826, ... 141

  Same--Transfer of contracts, 1827, ... 146

  Same--Nett amount of postage accruing at each office for the year ending March 31, 1827, ... 156

  Same--Repair of a post road in Ohio, ... 180

  Same--Postage on pamphlets, ... 183

  Same--Routes on which the mail is transported on Sunday, 1830, 226

  Same--Road from Zanesville, Ohio, to Florence, Alabama, ... 241

  Same--Postmasters removed, from March 4, 1829, to March 22, 1830, ... 242

  Same--To the Senate, in relation to printing, changes in contracts, extra clerks, duties of Assistant Postmaster General, &c. May 5, 1830, ... 249

  Same--Giving reasons for irregularity of eastern mail, February 10, 1831, ... 262

  Same--Relating to postage on newspapers and periodicals, January 10, 1832, ... 338

• Condition of Post Office Department, November 24, 1827, ... 137

  Same, November, 1826, ... 144

  Same, December, 1827, ... 155

  Same, December, 1828, ... 183

  Same, December, 1829, ... 215

  Same, April, 1830, ... 242

  Same, December, 1830, ... 256

  Same--Report in the Senate, March 3, 1831, ... 301

  Same, December, 1831, ... 337

  Same, November, 1832, ... 350

  Same, November, 1823, ... 359

• Connecticut--Post offices in, and postage received, 1827, ... 165

  Same, 1828, 193, ... 194

  Same, 1830, 270, ... 271

• Contract--Of George Williams and others to carry the mail, 1813, ... 76

  Of John Tayloe to carry the mail, 1813, ... 80

  Of James Foyles transferred to D. Green, ... 147

  Of D. Green transferred to J. Vanderburgh, ... 147

  Of James Foyles, September, 1823, ... 149

• Contracts--Of Duff Green, December, 1823, ... 151, 152, 153

  List of, made in October, 1829, for the western section of the United States, ... 316

  Same, 1830, for the southern section of the United States, ... 318, 321

  Newspapers in which advertisements for, have been published, ... 251

  Duration of existing, from Portland, Maine, to Louisville, Georgia, ... 23

• Contingent expenses of General Post Office, 1822, ... 111

  Same, October 1, 1829, to December 31, 1830, ... 298

• Creed, John--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Crocket, Samuel B., deputy postmaster at Frankfort, Kentucky--Defalcation of, 139
• D.
• Defalcation--Of S. B. Crocket, deputy postmaster, ... 139

  Of Barnard Kelley, deputy postmaster, ... 258

• Defence of Postmaster General, February, 1821, ... 87
• Delaware--Post offices and nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 168

  Same, 1828, ... 197

  Same, 1830, ... 280

• Depositions relative to erasures and insertion of A. Bradley's name, ... 327, 329
• Distributing offices--Number of, 1823, ... 113
• District of Columbia--Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 180

  Same, 1828, 210

  Same, 1830, ... 281

• Donly, John, mail contractor--Report in case of, ... 139
• Dox, Gerrit L.--Sureties of, ... 220

  Statement of account of, ... 222

• Dox, Peter P.--Statement of account of, ... 221
• E.
• Estimate of the expense of a line of stages from Portland, Maine, to Louisville, Georgia, ... 23
• Execution of post office law, 1794, ... 15
• Expense--Of carrying the mail from Portland, Maine, to Louisville, Georgia, ... 23

  Of carrying certain mails, 1823, ... 111

• Extent of mail routes and expense of transportation, 1825, ... 120
• Extra compensation to certain mail contractors, ... 147
• Expenditures for the year ending July 1, 1830, ... 298

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• F.
• Farish, Hazlewood--Credits allowed him, ... 89
• Farquhar, Alan--Petition for reimbursement of money lost in mail, ... 61
• Ficklin, Joseph, postmaster at Lexington, Kentucky--Letter in relation to, ... 322
• Fiscal operations of the General Post Office, ... 50, 60
• Florence, Alabama--Improvement of post road from Zanesville to, ... 241
• Florida--Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 180

  Same, 1828, ... 210

  Same, 1830, 296

• Foyles, James-Contract transferred to D. Green, ... 147

  Contract of, 1823, ... 149

  Bond of, ... 150

• Frankfort, Kentucky--Postmaster at, defalcation of, ... 139
• Franking privilege of deputy postmasters, 1826, ... 141
• G.h.
• Garretson, John--Surety of, ... 224
• General Post Office--Branch of, in western States, ... 61
• Georgia--Post offices in, 1827, ... 173

  Same, 1828, ... 205

  Same, 1830, ... 287

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 174

  Same, 1828, ... 205

  Same, 1830, ... 287

• Gordon, Samuel--Claim for disability contracted in discharge of duty as a mail carrier, ... 43
• Green, Duff--James Foyles's contract transferred to, ... 147

  Contract sold to J. Vanderburgh, ... 147

  Letters of Postmaster General to, ... 148, 154

  Letters to Postmaster General, ... 148, 154

  Contracts and bonds of, 1823, ... 151, 152, 153

• Green, Patrick--Petition of, for compensation for injuries received in defence of United States mail, ... 245
• Grove, W. B.--Answer of, to circular of Postmaster General, ... 25
• H.
• Henderson, Robert, mail contractor--Additional allowance to, ... 34
• Huger, Benjamin--Answer of, to circular of Postmaster General, ... 26
• Hutchins, Averill and--Extra compensation to, ... 148
• I.
• Illinois--Application of, for new post road, ... 218

  Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 179

  Same, 1828, ... 208, 209

  Same, 1830, ... 294

• Imlay, Richard--Patent for security of mails, ... 93
• Indiana--Application of, for new mail routes, ... 217

  And Illinois--Application for improvement of post road, ... 218

  Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 178, 179

  Same, 1828, 208 Same, 1830, ... 290, 291

• Incidental expenses of the General Post Office, 1822, ... 110

  Same, 1826 to 1830, ... 304, 312

• Inquiry into the conduct of the Postmaster General, 1806, ... 40
• Interrogatories to be put to clerks in Washington post office, ... 142
• Investigation into the fiscal operations of the Post Office Department, March, 1816, ... 50
• Inventory of property in iron chest found in the room occupied by Abraham Bradley, September 28, 1829, ... 321
• J.
• Johnson, E. P.--Extra compensation to, ... 148
• Johnson, R. M.--Report on Sunday mails, 1829, ... 211

  Same, 1830, ... 229

• Josslyn, Charles--Report relative to his bail, ... 225
• Journal of the proceedings of the select committee of the Senate, on the condition of the Post Office Department, commencing February 1, and ending March 1, 1831, ... 331, 336
• K.
• Kelley, Barnard, deputy postmaster--Defalcation of, ... 25
• Kentucky--Post offices in, 1827, ... 176

  Same, 1828, ... 205

  Same, 1830, ... 292

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 176

  Same, 1828, ... 206

  Same, 1830, ... 293

  Memorial relative to Sunday mail from citizens of, ... 235

  Same, ... 261

• King, George, sen.--Additlonal compensation claimed as deputy postmaster, ... 260
• L.
• Letter--From Isaac Briggs to the President of the United States--astronomical surveys and observations, 1804, ... 35

  From same on same subject, 1804, ... 36

  From same, giving result of observations, 1804, ... 37

  From Joseph Anderson, Comptroller, March, 1822, ... 98

  Of Postmaster General, transmitting account of C. Bailey, ... 102

  Of John P. Neale to Postmaster General--case of J. Donly, ... 140

  Of Postmaster General to James Bentham, ... 182

  Same to Senator Cobb, relative to mail route between St. Mary's and St. Augustine, ... 182

  Same, relative to transportation of the mail on the Sabbath, ... 213

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• Letter--Of O. B. Brown--mail road between Louisville, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Missouri, ... 219

  Of E. K. Kane and J. McLean, as to distance between Vincennes and St. Louis, ... 219

  Of Postmaster General--sureties of G. L. Dox, ... 220

  Same--Additional clerks and a third Assistant, ... 223

  Same--Case of J. H. Webb, ... 226

  Same--Amount of receipts and expenditures under the administration of each Postmaster General to March 1830, ... 243

  Same--Transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the General Post Office from October 1, 1829, to December 1, 1830, ... 298

  Same--Transmitting information relative to the Post Office Department to the chairman of the Senate committee, February 26, 1831, ... 301

  Same--Expenses of the Department, January 5, 1898, ... 312

  Same--Relative to appointment of Joseph Ficklin, deputy postmaster, ... 322

  Of C. K. Gardner, Assistant Postmaster General relative to the removal of the postmaster at Poughkeepsie, New York, ... 322

  Of Postmaster General, relative to contracts of McCarty & Roberts, and of E. P. Johnson, February 23,1831, ... 323

  Of John McLean to special committee of the Senate, giving information as to the available funds of the Post Office Department at the time of his resignation of the office of Postmaster General, ... 323

  Same--Giving further information to same, ... 325

  Of Postmaster General to Mr. Clayton, ... 326

  Of John McLean to Mr. Barry, recommending continuation of Assistant Postmasters General, ... 326

  Copy of, from A. Bradley to Jacob Van Ness, relative to Poughkeepsie post office, ... 326

  Of John Test to special committee, relative to disposition of old contractors and initiation of new ones, ... 327

  Of George M. Bibb, relative to a suit on the bond of John Fowler, to special committee, ... 327

  Of Postmaster General, relative to reduction of rates of postage, ... 354

  Same--Stating cost of transporting the mail in each State from 1830 to 1833, ... 357

• Letters--Of Postmaster General to D. Green, ... 148, 154

  To Postmaster General, in answer, from D. Green, ... 148, 154

  Of Assistant Postmaster General to S. Southwick, in relation to delinquencies as postmaster at Albany, ... 248

  Of Postmaster General Barry to R. M. Johnson, chairman of the Post Office Committee, relative to the case of Stafford & Yates, sureties of S. Southwick, ... 248

  Same--To chairman of the Senate committee, relative to information required by said committee, ... 322

  Of John M. Clayton, chairman of the special committee of the Senate, to the Postmaster General and to Judge McLean, calling for information, &c. ... 129, 130, 131

  Of Postmaster General, relative to claim of William Neusum, ... 344

  Same--Stating improvement in transportation of mails in the three years preceding May, 1832, ... 348

• Lightner, Henry--Remission of penalty against, ... 114
• Louisiana--Post offices and amount of postage in, 1827, ... 178

  Same, 1828, ... 209

  Same, 1830, ... 295

• M.
• Mail--Cost of transporting in each State from 1830 to 1833, ... 356

  Compensation for transportation of, from October 5, 1789, to January 5, 1790, ... 9

  Expense of transporting, agreeably to contracts for year 1791, ... 14

  From Washington to New Orleans, report relating to, December, 1803, ... 28, 30

  Transmission of, from Athens, Georgia, to New Orleans, ... 39

  Between Baltimore and Philadelphia, ... 136

  Time of transportation of, from Charleston, South Carolina, to Washington, 1826, ... 141

  Change in contract for carrying between Georgetown and Charleston, South Carolina, and between Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Camden, South Carolina, ... 249

  Eastern, causes of irregularity of, 1831, ... 262

  Stages, or covered wagons, report in relation to, December, 1803, ... 29

  Route from Washington to New Orleans, ... 35, 36, 37

  Routes, application of Indiana for, ... 217

  Distance of annual transportation of, July 1, 1832, ... 351

  Southern, acceleration of, ... 141

  Application for carrying, on Ohio and Mississippi rivers, in steamboats, ... 355

• Mails--Improvement in transportation of, ... 348
• Maine--Post offices in, 1827, ... 160

  Same, 1828, ... 189

  Same, 1830, ... 265

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827 ... 161

  Same, 1828, ... 189

  Same, 1830, 265

  Sunday mail memorial from citizens of Augusta, ... 236

• Maryland--Post offices in, and nett amount of postage, 1827, ... 169

  Same, 1828, ... 197, 198,

  Same, 1830, ... 280, 281

• Massachusetts--Post offices in, 1827, ... 163

  Same, 1828, ... 192

  Same, 1830, ... 268

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827 ... 164

  Same, 1828, ... 193

  Same, 1830, ... 270

  Memorial from citizens of Boston to prohibit transportation of mail on Sunday, ... 237

• McBride, William, defaulting deputy postmaster--Report in case of, ... 339
• McCague, Thomas--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Memorial of citizens of Boston relative to postage on newspapers and pamphlets, ... 341
• Memorials in relation to Sunday mails, ... 232, 241
• Memphis to Tuscumbia--Improvement of post road from, ... 242
• Michigan--Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 179, 180

  Same, 1828, ... 210

  Same, 1830, ... 295

• Mickler, William--Report in case of, ... 181

  Memorial of, ... 181

• Milledge, John--Answer of, to circular of Postmaster General, ... 24
• Mississippi--Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 178

  Same, 1828, ... 209

  Same, 1830, ... 294, 295

• Missouri--Post offices and postage in, 1827, ... 179

  Same, 1828, ... 209

  Same, 1830, ... 291

• Money stolen from N. Patten, a deputy postmaster, ... 146

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• Moore, Thomas--Answer of, to circular of Postmaster General, ... 26
• Moore, Reeside and--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Morrell, Robert--Bail of Charles Josslyn, ... 225
• N.
• Neale, John P.--Letter of, to Postmaster General, (case of Donly,) ... 140
• Negroes--Employed to transport mail, ... 27
• Neusum, William, a defaulting deputy postmaster--Further credits claimed by him, ... 259
• New Hampshire--Post offices, and postage received in, 1827, ... 162

  Same, 1828, ... 190, 191

  Same, 1830, ... 266, 267

  Memorial of citizens of Portsmouth against prohibiting the transportation of the mail on the Sabbath, ... 238

• New Jersey--Post offices in, 1827, ... 165

  Same, 1828, ... 194

  Same, 1830, ... 276

  Memorial, praying for discontinuance of Sunday mail, from citizens of, ... 277

  Memorial, praying for discontinuance of Sunday mail, from citizens of Newark, ... 232

  Memorial, praying for discontinuance of Sunday mail, from citizens of Salem, ... 24

• Newspapers--Postage on, report of committee of Senate, May 19,1832, ... 346

  In which advertisements for contractswere published from 1823 to 1829, ... 251

  And periodicals--postage on, ... 338

  And periodicals--Memorials of citizens of Boston relative to postage on, ... 341

• New York--Post offices in,1827, ... 271

  Same, 1828, ... 156

  Same, 1830, ... 271

  Nett amount of postage received in, 1827, ... 160

  Same, 1828, ... 160

  Same, 1830, ... 276

• Newsum, William--Credits claimed by him as postmaster, ... 344
• North Carolina--Circular of Postmaster General, relative to horses, feed, prices, roads, &c. in, March 21, 1802, ... 23

  Post offices in, 1827, ... 171

  Same, 1828, ... 202

  Same, 1830, ... 284

  Nett amount of postage received in, 1827, ... 172

  Same, 1828, ... 204

  Same, 1830, ... 286

  Memorial from citizens of, praying for discontinuance of Sunday mail, ... 232

• O.
• Ohio--Post offices in, 1827, ... 174

  Same, 1828, ... 198

  Same, 1830, ... 287

  Nett amount of postage received in, 1827, ... 176

  Same, 1828, ... 200

  Same, 1830, ... 290

• Organization of Post Office Department, and assignment of duties to its officers, ... 254

  Same, January 1, 1831, ... 313, 316

• P.
• Patten, Nathaniel, deputy postmaster--Money stolen from, ... 146
• Patent Office and Post Office--Purchase of building for, ... 44
• Penalty--Remission of, against H. Lightner, ... 114
• Pennsylvania--Post offices in, 1827, ... 166

  Same, 1828, ... 195

  Same, 1830, ... 277

  Nett amount of postage received in, 1827, ... 167

  Same, 1828, ... 197

  Same, 1830, ... 280

  Memorial for discontinuance of Sunday mail, from citizens of, ... 234

  Memorial from citizens of Philadelphia county, against prohibiting the transportation of mail on the Sabbath, ... 239

• Plan for improving the Post Office Department, ... 5
• Portsmouth, New Hampshire--Memorial from citizens of, against prohibiting the transportation of mail on Sabbath, ... 233
• Postage--Receipts of, from 1801 to 1803, ... 31, 34

  Reduction of, 1815, ... 48

  Same, 1833, ... 354

  On books--Expense of carrying certain mails, 1823, ... 111

  Nett amount of, to March 31, 1827, ... 156

  Same, to March 31, 1828, ... 184

  Total amount of, received in the United States in 1827, ... 180

  Same, same, 1828, ... 210

  On pamphlets, April, 1828, ... 183

  Nett amount of, for year ending March 31, 1830, ... 265, 297

  On newspapers and periodicals, 1832, ... 338

  On newspapers and periodicals--Memorials of citizens of Boston in relation to, ... 341

• Postmaster General's answer to certain interrogatories proposed by Senate committee, March 23, 1802, ... 21

  Defence, 1821, ... 87

  Statement of receipts and expenditures, from 1816 to 1821, ... 91

• Postmaster General--Salary of, ... 145
• Postmasters--Compensation to, 1816, ... 49

  List of those whose receipts amount to 2,000 dollars, in 1819-'20 ... 92

  Compensation of, 1824, ... 113

  Number removed, from March 4, 1829, to March 22, 1830, ... 242

  Abstract of statements rendered by, for year ending September 30, 1820, 103

• Post Office and Patent Office--Purchase of a building for, ... 44

  Law--Execution of, 1794, ... 15

  Law--Revision of, 1796, ... 16

  Law--Proposed alterations of, 1799, ... 17

  Department--Progress of, from March, 1793, to January, 1807, ... 40

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• Post Office laws--Revision of, 1810, ... 41

  Establishment--View of, from 1789 to 1809, ... 43

  Department--Accountability of, ... 345

• Post offices--List of, to January 5, 1790, 8

  Same, to October 5, 1791, ... 13

  Number of, from 1793 to 1803, ... 28

• Post roads--Survey and publication of, ... 8

  Extent of, and receipts and expenditures for three years, 1824, ... 115

  Length of, in United States, July 1, 1832, ... 351

  Increase of, from 1819 to 1823, ... 359

• Post road--Application of Illinois for one, ... 218

  Application of Illinois and Indiana for improvement of one, ... 218

  Between Cincinnati and Portland, Ohio--Repair of, ... 180

• Post routes--Length of, from 1793 to 1803, ... 28
• Post route from New Orleans to Washington, 1824, ... 119
• Printing--Advancement of money for, answer of Postmaster General to resolution of Senate in relation to, ... 249
• Proposition to exempt State laws from postage, February, 1823, ... 109
• Property--Inventory of, found in iron chest in the room occupied by Abraham Bradley, ... 321
• Q.
• Quarterly receipts and expenditures, from 1814 to 1820, ... 84
• R.
• Rankin, B. H--Transfer of his contracts to Averill and Hutchins and E. P. Johnson, ... 148
• Receipts for postage from October 1, 1800, to October 1, 1801, ... 31

  Same, from October 1, 1801, to October, 1802, ... 32

  Same, from October 1, 1802, to October, 1803, ... 33

• Receipts and expenditures--To January 5, 1790, ... 8

  To October 5, 1791, ... 13

  To 1819, ... 63

  From 1816 to 1821, ... 91

  From 1815 to 1816, ... 95

  From 1817 to 1819, ... 96

  For 1821 and 1822, ... 109

  Under the administration of the several Postmasters General, to 1830, ... 243

  To April 1, 1829, ... 296

• Reduction of postage, 1815, ... 48
• Reeside and Moore--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Remarks of Postmaster General on the project of "An act to establish the Post Office of the United States," ... 17
• Remonstrance--Against delivery of letters on the Sabbath, ... 45

  Of A. Bradley, against misstatements in the report of the Postmaster General of February 7, 1831, ... 336

• Report--Of committee, on execution of Post Office law, 1794, ... 15

  Of committee of Senate, making further provision for carrying mail, March 30, 1802, ... 21

  Of committee of inquiry into conduct of Postmaster General, April 17, 1806, ... 40

  On Sunday mails, January 3, 1812, ... 45

  On Sunday mails, January 20, 1815, ... 46

  Of committee of investigation, 1816, ... 50

  Of committee, on expediency of establishing a branch of General Post Office, ... 61

  Of Postmaster General, showing receipts and expenditures, 65, ... 72

  Of select committee of investigation, 1821, 77, ... 90

  Of Committee on Post Office, February 2, 1826, case of S. B. Crocket, (adverse,) ... 139

  Of committee, on case of John Donly, a mail contractor, ... 139

  In Senate--Salary of Postmaster General, 1827, ... 145

  Same--(favorable) N. Patten, a deputy postmaster, ... 146

  Same Sunday mails, 1829, ... 211

  In House of Representatives, ... 212

  Same, 1830, ... 229

  In Senate--Bond of G. L. Dox, ... 220

  In House of Representatives--Additional clerks and third Assistant Postmaster General, ... 222

  Same--In favor of F. L. White, for apprehending mail robber, ... 224

  Of committee of House of Representatives--In favor of Young, surety of Garretson, ... 224

  Same--In favor of Morrell, bail of Josslyn, ... 225

  Of minority--Sunday mails, 1830, ... 231

  Of committee of House of Representatives--Post road between Memphis and Tuscumbia, ... 242

  Same--Condition of General Post Office, April, 1830, ... 242

  Same--In favor of Patrick Green, a mail guard, ... 245

  Of committee of Senate--On claim of Thomas Rhodes, ... 246

  Of committee of House of Representatives--Case of Stafford and Yates, sureties of Southwick, ... 247

  Of Postmaster General of March 19, 1830, to Hon. C. A. Wickliffe, chairman of Select Committee on Retrenchment, House of Representatives, ... 253

  Of committee of House of Representatives, December 17, 1830--Barnard Kelley, ... 258

  Of committee of House of Representatives--Case of William Neusum, ... 259

  Same--Case of George King, senior, ... 260

  Same--Claim of J. Austill, for making post road from Mobile to Pascagoula, ... 297

  Same--Expenditures for year ending July 1, 1830, ... 298

  Of committee of Senate--Condition of Post Office Department, March 3, 1831, ... 301

  Of committee of House of Representatives--Increase of pension to J. H. Webb, 225, ... 338

  Same--On petition of William McBride, ... 339

  Same--On petition of John Trafton, for a reimbursement of damages and costs paid in a libel suit, ... 340

  Same--On petition of George Bowen, for correction of an error in his bond as contractor, ... 343

  Same--On petition of William Newsom, claiming further credits as a defaulting deputy postmaster, ... 344

  Of committee of House of Representatives, April 20, 1832--Accountability of the Post Office Department, ... 345

  Of committee of Senate--Postage on newspapers, May 19, 1832, ... 346

  Of committee of House of Representatives--Inexpedient to allow the postmaster at Jackson, Mississippi, additional compensation, ... 353

  Same--On petition of Wm. Walker, a defaulting deputy postmaster, who claimed credits for losses by fire, ... 353

  Of committee of Senate, January 22, 1833--Reduction of the rates of postage, ... 254

  Of committee of House of Representatives--On petition of Reeside and Robinson for indemnity for loss of stage and horses, ... 355

  Same--Relative to transportation of Sunday mails, March 1, 1817, ... 357

• Resolutions of Legislature of Alabama against repeal of Sunday mail laws, 260 Of Senate of April 10, 1830--Postmaster General's answer to, ... 349, 356

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• Revision of the Post Office law, 1796, ... 16

  Same, 1810, ... 41

• Rhode Island--Post offices in, 1827, ... 164

  Same, 1828, ... 193

  Same, 1830, ... 270

  Nett amount of postage received in, 1827, ... 164

  Same, 1828, ... 193

  Same, 1830, ... 270

• Rhodes, Thomas--Claim of, for making road from Mobile to Pascagoula, ... 246
• S.
• Sabbath--Remonstrance against delivery of letters on, ... 45
• St. Louis and Vincennes--Distance between, ... 219
• Salary of Postmaster General--Report on, in Senate, 1827, ... 145
• Salem, New Jersey--Memorial from inhabitants of, against repeal of Sunday mail law, ... 241
• Security of mails--Imlay's patent, ... 93
• Southern mail--Acceleration of, May, 1826, ... 141
• South Carolina--Post offices in, 1827, ... 173

  Same, 1828, ... 204

  Same, 1830, ... 286

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 173

  Same, 1828, ... 205

  Same, 1830, ... 287

• Stafford and Yates, sureties of Southwick--Report on case of, ... 247
• Stages, mail--Tax on, in New Jersey, 1793, ... 15
• Statement--Of annual expense of carrying the mail from Portland, Maine, to Louisville, Georgia, ... 23

  Of duration of existing contracts from Portland, Maine, to Louisville, Georgia, 1800 to 1804, ... 23

  Of number of post offices, and produce of postage for six months, ending June 30, 1814, ... 48

  Of moneys paid for transportation of mail from Washington to Fredericksburg, 1814, 1815, and 1816, ... 81

  Of receipts and expenditures, from January, 1814, to March, 1819, ... 83

  Of quarterly receipts and expenditures, from 1814 to 1820, ... 84

  Of credits allowed to H. Farish, ... 89

  Of receipts and expenditures, 1815 and 1816, ... 95

  Same, 1817 and 1819, ... 96

  Of receipts and disbursements of sundry postmasters, year ending September 30, 1820, ... 108

  Of incidental expenses of General Post Office, 1822, ... 110

  Of contingent expenses, 1822, ... 111

  Of extent of post roads, amount of postages collected, compensation of postmasters, incidental expenses, cost of transporting the mail, &c., in each State and Territory, 1820, 1821, and 1822, ... 116

  Of extent of post routes, &c., 1825, ... 120, 136

  Of contingent expenses of General Post Office, from 1829 to 1830, ... 298

• State laws--Proposition to exempt from postage, ... 109
• Steamboats--Effect on revenue of Post Office, ... 92
• Stokes, W. B.--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Sunday mail--Routes where it is transported, ... 226

  Memorials, ... 232, 241

• Sunday mails--Report on, January 3, 1812, ... 45

  Same, January 20, 1815, ... 46, 47

  Report in Senate, 1829, ... 211

  Report in House of Representatives, 1829, ... 212

  Letter of Postmaster General in relation to, ... 213

  Report in House of Representatives relative to, 1830, ... 229

  Report of minority, 1830, ... 231

  Resolutions of Legislature of Alabama opposed to suspension of, ... 260

  Remonstrance of citizens of Kentucky against discontinuing mail on Sunday, ... 261

  Resolutions of Legislature of Illinois approving of Col. Johnson's report in relation to, ... 262

  Proceeding of a meeting at Wilmington, Windham county, Vermont, against discontinuing mail on Sunday, ... 263

  Report on, March 1, 1817, ... 357

• T.
• Tabular view of Post Office establishment from 1789 to 1809, ... 43
• Tayloe, John--Contract of, to carry mail, 1813, ... 80
• Tax on mail stages in New Jersey, 1793, ... 15
• Tennessee--Sunday mail memorial from citizens of, ... 233

  Post offices in, 1827, ... 177

  Same, 1828, ... 206

  Same, 1830, ... 239

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 177

  Same, 1828, ... 207

  Same, 1830, ... 294

• Townsend, Isaac, surety of Dox--Memorial of, ... 220
• Transportation of mail from Washington to Fredericksburg--Expense of, 1814, 1815, and 1816, ... 81
• Trafton, John--Report on petition of, for reimbursement of costs and damages in a libel suit, ... 340
• V.
• Vanderburgh, J.--Contract of D. Green transferred to, ... 147
• Vermont--Post offices in, 1827, ... 162

  Same, 1828, ... 191

  Same, 1830, ... 267

  Nett amount of postage received in, 1827, ... 169

  Same, 1828, ... 202

  Same, 1830, ... 268

• Vincennes and St. Louis--Distance between, ... 219
• Virginia--Post offices in, 1827, ... 169

  Same, 1828, ... 200

  Same, 1830, ... 281

  Nett amount of postage in, 1827, ... 171

  Same, 1828, ... 202

  Same, 1830, ... 284

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• W.
• Walker, William--Report on petition of, ... 353
• Washington city post office--Management of, ... 141
• Watson, J.--Extra compensation to, ... 147
• Webb, Josiah H.--Pension of, ... 225

  Increase of pension of, ... 338

• Weist, Henry, mail contractor--Additional allowance to, ... 38
• White, Fielding M.--Claim for apprehending mail robber, ... 224
• Williams, George, and others--Contract of, to carry mail, 1813, ... 76
• Y.
• Yates and Stafford, sureties of Southwick-Case of, ... 247
• Young, Joseph--Surety of John Garretson, ... 224
• Z.
• Zanesville, Ohio--Improvement of post road from, to Florence, Alabama, ... 241

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