Richard R John

The American Postal Network, 1792-1914 Vol 2 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

By covering both administrative and non-administrative aspects of the postal network, this four-volume reset edition shows how this system was part of a larger network which included different modes of transport and communication (steamboats, railroads, telegraphs) as well as political parties (the Democrats, Whigs and Republicans).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040232736
• Artikelnr.: 72277517

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Richard R John

Inhaltsangabe

VOLUME 2 Contracting Introduction: Contracting I. Steamship Subsidies and
the Overland Mail Edward Mills, Statement ... in Relation to his Mail
Contract with the United States Government [1850] A Few Suggestions
Respecting the United States Mail Steam Service (1850) W. C. Templeton,
Proposals for and Advantages of a Regular Mail Communication ... by Steam
Packets between New Orleans and Vera Cruz (1851) E. K. Collins, Memorial
(1851) Anon., Competition [1851] Patriotic Speculations: How to Get Your
Foot Out of It [1851] Robert B. Forbes, On the Establishment of a Line of
Mail Steamers from the Western Coast of the United States on the Pacif c to
China (1855) E. K. Collins, The Ocean Mail Service (1857) B. B. Meeker,
Overland Mail Route f om Lake Superior to Puget's Sound (1858) John Roach,
Letter ... Suggesting the Experiment of Advertising for Proposals of the
Lowest Rates (1876) Pacif c Mail Steamship Company, The National Advantages
of Government Aid to American Commerce (1877) II. Railway Mail
Controversies George Bliss, Reply to a Late Letter of the Post-Master
General (1842) Executive Committee of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and
Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies, Report of a
Committee of the Joint Board of Directors (1847) Cave Johnson, Letter ...
in Answer to a Publication Made by the Joint Board of Directors of the
Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation
Companies (1847) Executive Committee of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and
Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies, Reply (1847)
Railroad Conventions Duf Green, Circular to the Presidents of Railroad
Companies [1851] Proceedings of a Convention ... on the Recommendation to
Reduce the Pay for Mail Service to Rail Road Companies (1854) The Civil War
Statement Made by the Railroad Companies Owning the Lines Between
Washington and New York (1864) Correspondence Between the President of the
Virginia Central Rail Road Company and the Postmaster General in Relation
to Postal Service (1864) Payment to Railroads for Carriage of Mail Isaac
Hinckley, Postal Cars or No Postal Cars? A Question to Be Settled by the
Action or Inaction of Congress (1874) George S. Bangs, Railroads vs. Postal
Cars (1875) George S. Bangs, Discussion of the Proper Method of
Compensation to Railroads for the Transportation of the Mails (1875) The
Contest between Post Office and Railway W. W. Baldwin, The Railroad Mail
Pay: A Memorandum [c. 1904] C. S. Mellen, Correspondence Between the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. and the Post Office Department
Regarding Carriage of the Mail (1909) Explanatory Notes