Cheap Postage

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cheap Postage by Joshua Leavitt This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Cheap Postage Author: Joshua Leavitt Release Date: November 7, 2008 [Ebook 27196] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHEAP POSTAGE*** CHEAP POSTAGE REMARKS AND STATISTICS ON THE SUBJECT OF CHEAP POSTAGE AND POSTAL REFORM IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. BY JOSHUA LEAVITT, COR. SEC. OF THE CHEAP POSTAGE ASSOCIATION. “The well-ordering of the Postes is a Matter of General Concernment, and of Great Advantage, as well for the preservation of Trade and Commerce as otherwise.”—Statute of Charles II. Boston Published for the Cheap Postage Association; By Otis Claps, Treasurer, No. 12, School Street. 1848 Contents PUBLISHING DIRECTION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 CHEAP POSTAGE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 APPENDIX. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Footnotes .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 [002] [003] PUBLISHING DIRECTION. Subjoined are the proceedings under which the following sheets were prepared and are now published: “At a meeting of theBoard of Directorsof the CHEAPPOSTAGE ASSOCIATION, on the 31st of March, 1848, Dr. Howe, Dr.