The History of the Post Office from Its Establishment Down to 1836
Author : Herbert Joyce
Publisher : London R. Bentley 1893.
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Postal service
ISBN :
Author : Herbert Joyce
Publisher : London R. Bentley 1893.
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Postal service
ISBN :
Author : Herbert Joyce
Publisher : Double 9 Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 2024-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789362202994
"The History of the Post Office, from Its Establishment Down to 1836" by Herbert Joyce is a captivating exploration of postal history, chronicling the evolution of communication through postal services. This historical nonfiction work delves deep into the development of the postal system, examining its growth and transformation over time. Joyce meticulously traces the historical development of postal routes, mail transportation, and mail delivery methods, shedding light on the role of postmasters and the introduction of postage stamps. Through vivid descriptions and meticulous research, he brings to life the early postal networks and the challenges faced in establishing efficient mail communication. This authoritative account also delves into the significance of postal reforms in shaping the postal system, highlighting its impact on communication and societal development. From the establishment of early postal routes to the introduction of innovative delivery methods, Joyce's narrative offers valuable insights into the evolution of postal services up to the year 1836. With its blend of historical scholarship and engaging storytelling, "The History of the Post Office" serves as an indispensable resource for anyone interested in understanding the crucial role of postal services in shaping communication networks and fostering societal connections during this pivotal period in history.
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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This little work on postal affairs aims to familiarize postal employes and others with the operations of the Post Office Department in all its varied and numerous details. No attempt was made to cover the wide field of postal activity and inquiry for which a much larger book and much greater space would be required. It is simply meant to be a book of reference, a sort of hand-book on postal subjects for busy people who may not care to read lengthy accounts or stories which a few paragraphs might sufficiently explain, or care to wrestle with columns of figures which are best given in official reports and chiefly valuable to public men for legislative purposes, for comparison and survey.
Author : Herbert JOYCE (C.B.)
Publisher :
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 44,63 MB
Release : 1893
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Author : Herbert Joyce
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781363060481
Author : Herbert Joyce
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781331411338
Excerpt from The History of the Post Office: From Its Establishment Down to 1836 Frequent Change of Farmers - Tediousness of the Course of Post - Existence of the Posts not a matter of common Knowledge - Dockwra's Penny Post - Introduction of Postmarks - Penny Post incorporated into the General Post - Dockwra's Dismissal; Posts regarded as Vehicles for the Propagation of Treason - Wildman - Cotton and Frankland - Post Office Establishment - Revenue - Building in Lombard Street - Dispersion of Letters - Salaries and Wages - Newspapers - Drink and Feast Money - Post-horses - Quartering of Soldiers - Postmasters' Emoluments - Scotland - Ireland - Bye-letters - Illicit Traffic - Treasury Control - Post Offices grouped together and let out to farm - Stephen Bigg - Expresses - Flying Packets - State of the Roads - Progress of the Penny Post - Appointment of Secretary and Solicitor - Purchase of Premises in Lombard Street; State of the Packet Service - Ship Letters - Special Boats built for the Harwich Station - M. Pajot, Director of the French Posts - Establishment of West India Packets - Edmund Dummer, Surveyor of the Navy - Regulations for the Management of the Packet Stations - Conditions of Employment - Smart and Bounty Money - Passes required for Passengers - and for Goods - Regulations habitually infringed - Smuggling - Packets forbidden to give Chase - Practice on Capture of a Prize - Packet Stations at Falmouth and at Harwich conducted on different Principles - Packets employed to carry Recruits - Letters not to be carried in Foreign Bottoms - Court-Post - Restoration of Packet Service with Flanders - John Macky, Packet Agent at Dover - The Postmasters-General act as Purveyors of News to the Court - Their Interview with Godolphin - Posts set up for the Army in Flanders - Packet Establishment placed on a Peace Footing - Dummer's Bankruptcy and Death; American Posts - Thomas Neale - Andrew Hamilton - Ocean Penny Postage - Posts transferred to the Crown - Become self-supporting About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Winifred Gallagher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0143130064
“’The history of its Post Office is nothing less than the story of America,’ Ms. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”—Wall Street Journal A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical development. The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time, it was the U.S. government’s largest and most important endeavor—indeed, it was the government for most citizens. This was no conventional mail network but the central nervous system of the new body politic, designed to bind thirteen quarrelsome colonies into the United States by delivering news about public affairs to every citizen—a radical idea that appalled Europe’s great powers. America’s uniquely democratic post powerfully shaped its lively, argumentative culture of uncensored ideas and opinions and made it the world’s information and communications superpower with astonishing speed. Winifred Gallagher presents the history of the post office as America’s own story, told from a fresh perspective over more than two centuries. The mandate to deliver the mail—then “the media”—imposed the federal footprint on vast, often contested parts of the continent and transformed a wilderness into a social landscape of post roads and villages centered on post offices. The post was the catalyst of the nation’s transportation grid, from the stagecoach lines to the airlines, and the lifeline of the great migration from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It enabled America to shift from an agrarian to an industrial economy and to develop the publishing industry, the consumer culture, and the political party system. Still one of the country’s two major civilian employers, the post was the first to hire women, African Americans, and other minorities for positions in public life. Starved by two world wars and the Great Depression, confronted with the country’s increasingly anti-institutional mind-set, and struggling with its doubled mail volume, the post stumbled badly in the turbulent 1960s. Distracted by the ensuing modernization of its traditional services, however, it failed to transition from paper mail to email, which prescient observers saw as its logical next step. Now the post office is at a crossroads. Before deciding its future, Americans should understand what this grand yet overlooked institution has accomplished since 1775 and consider what it should and could contribute in the twenty-first century. Gallagher argues that now, more than ever before, the imperiled post office deserves this effort, because just as the founders anticipated, it created forward-looking, communication-oriented, idea-driven America.
Author : Herbert Joyce
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 2015-02-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781298128423
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Author : Thomas Athol Joyce
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Postal service
ISBN :
Author : Marshall Cushing
Publisher :
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 12,93 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Postal service
ISBN :
USA, Postmeister, Biographie, Union Postale Universalle (UPU).