Chapter 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.