Chapter M

Mails in England, 306.
on the Sabbath, 302.
the Early, 99.
to China and Japan, 227.

Makin, Thomas, Colonial Schoolmaster, 113.

Market-Days in Philadelphia, 97.

McLean, John, Postmaster-General, 190.

Meigs, Return J., Postmaster-General, 189.
on the Sabbath, 304.

Messengers in the Olden Time, 49.

Mint, the First, 188.

Miscellaneous, 365.

Money-Order System, 350.

N.

New Post-Office, Philadelphia, 236.

New York Post-Office, 99.
an Act relative to (1785), 115.
Early History of, 99.

Newspaper Postage, 265.
Abuse of, 356.
English Estimate of, 358.
Exchanges, 339
Postmaster-General’s Report on, 341.
Press, 253, 355.
Value of, 340.

Niles, John M., Postmaster-General, 207.

Noah’s Dove, 49.

Number of Post-Offices, 206.

O.

Olden Time, Philadelphia, 122.

Old Riding-Post, 18.
Coffee-House, 120.
Houses, 96.
Hunting-Club, 116.
Post-Rider, 92.

One-Cent System, 363.

Organization of the Postal System, 267.

Origin of Posts, Post-Offices, &c., 13.
Languages, 30.
Writing-Materials, 35.

Osgood, Samuel, Postmaster-General, 187.

Our National Grief, 412.

P.

Palmer, John, 67.

Pandora’s Box, Dead-Letter Office, 313.

Paper, 37.

Papyrus, 37.

Pastoral Life, 28.
Labor, 29.

Pencils, 39.

Penn, William, 102, 104, 113, 117.

Pennsylvania in the Olden Time, 102.
History of, 102.

Penny Post first established, 63.
in America, 392.
in England, 383.

Philadelphia Post-Office, 110.
Architectural View, 237.
in 1793, 230.
in the Olden Time, 122.
Postmasters, 234.
Post-Office, Inside View, 241.
Post-Office, Outside View, 239.
Stage-Wagons, 115.

Pickering, Thomas, Postmaster-General, 188.

Plan of Philadelphia, 117.

Plitt, George, his Report on Foreign Post-Offices, 380.

Post-Coaches, 271.
Horses, 20, 93, 271.
Riders, 19.

Postage on Printed Matter, 339.
Domestic, 340.
Stamp Collectors, 377.
Stamps, History of, 373.
curious use of, 378.

Postal Department, 267.
Revenue, 282.
Statistics, 262.
Tables, Important, 260.

Postmaster-Generals, a List of, 187.
a Royal One, 18.
under the Constitution, 188.
under the Crown, 94.
under the Proprietary Government, 187.

Postmasters in Philadelphia, 234.

Post-Office, Philadelphia, 110, 230.
a Political Institution, 16, 203.
Boston, 94.
Curiosities, 357.
England, 57, 382.
New York, 95, 99.
solvent, 387.
Statistics, 260.

Post-Offices, Ancient and Modern, 13.
Number of, 206.

Posts, Early, 98.
in China, 58.
in Greece, 14.
in Rome, 14.
in the Tyrol, 17.
under King Cyrus, 18.

Pratt, Henry, Post-Rider (1738), 121.

Presidents of Congress, Colonial, 176.
under the Constitution, 177.

Press, Abuse of the Freedom of, 356.

Press, Freedom of the, 355.
Importance of, 253.

Prophecy, a Strange One, 157.

Pyramids of Egypt, 19, 275.

Q.

Queen Elizabeth, 60.

Quills, 39.

R.

Railroad Postal System, 286.

Railroads, Ancient, 273.
in America, 277.
in England, 276.

Rates of Postage, 339.

Rebellion, 194.

Regulators in the South, 197.

Reminiscences, 139.

Report of Mr. George Plitt, 380.

Riding-Post, 18.

Roger, Count of Thurn, 17.

Romance of the Post-Office, 111.

Rosetta Stone, 43, 44.

Ruins of Ancient Cities, 273.

S.

Sabbath Day, 302.

Salaries of Postmasters, 391.

Scenes at the Post-Office, 367.

Scribe, 40.

Scriptural Allusions to Writing-Materials, &c., 35.

Sealing-Wax, 370.

Society Hill, 122.

Sons of Liberty, 101.

Special Agents, 319.
Agent, Carrier’s Department, 323.

Stage-Wagons, 96.

Stamps, Collectors of, 377.
Curious Use of, 378.
History of, 373.

Star-Spangled Banner, 173.

Style, 38.

Suggestions, Postal, 361.

Summary of English Posts, 84.

T.

Tables, Important Postal, 262.

Tablets, 37.

Tales of the Post-Office, 397.

The Post comes in, 368.

The Siren, 406.

The Victim of Love, 397.

The Widowed Mother, 402.

Theatres in Philadelphia, 124.

Tower of Babel, 47.

Trades and Professions, 27.

U.

Unmailable Letters, &c., 336.