United States, Department of the Post Office
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United States, Department of the Post Office
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United States
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Department of the Post Office
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- Post Office agents. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of agents employed by the Department from the 1st of July, 1839, to the 30th of November, 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department
- Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 19th instant, calling for information relative to the frequent failures of the northern mail. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the report of the disbursing agent for 1849. March 19, 1850. Referred to the Committee on Expenditures of the Post Office Department, and ordered to be printed
- Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number, classes, and compensation of persons employed in the Post Office Department on the 1st of January, 1829. February 25, 1843. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Letter of the Postmaster General, relative to the authority of a postmaster to refuse to deliver letters to a person authorized to receive them by the person to whom the letters are addressed. June 4, 1858. -- Submitted from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Survey of conditions at Seattle, Wash. ; San Pedro, Calif. ; Malden, Mass. ; and Juneau, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General, transmitting recommendations based on surveys made of existing conditions in Seattle, Wash. ; San Pedro, Calif. ; Malden, Mass. ; and Juneau, Alaska. February 26, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed
- Ramsey & Carmick -- contract. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copy of a conditional mail contract ; also copies of correspondence relative to the same. February 1, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further information in relation to the contracts with Daniel H. Johnson and Cornelius Vanderbilt, for temporary mail service between New York and San Francisco, and New Orleans and San Francisco, via the isthmus. May 26, 1860. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Ocean mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating an estimate for the ocean mail service. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1854, relative to the transmission of the mails from Cairo to New Orleans. January 22, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Organization of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, submitting an estimate of the sums of money expected to be required for the service of the Department, in compliance with the act to change the organization of the Post Office Department. April 9, 1850. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Proposed provision pertaining to existing appropriations of the War Department. Communication from the President of the United States transmitting draft of a proposed provision pertaining to existing appropriations of the War Department and other departments of the government. October 10 (legislative day, October 5), 1942. -- Read ; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of the clerks employed in the Department during the year 1827, and the salary of each. January 3, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table
- Annual report of the board of trustees of the Postal Savings System. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting annual report of operations of the board of trustees of the Postal Savings System for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1925. December 7, 1925. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed with documents
- Postage on newspapers and pamphlets. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, respecting postage received on newspapers and pamphlets for six months, ending June 30, 1837. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. February 19, 1861. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Mail on the Mississippi River. Letter from the Postmaster General, on the subject of establishing a mail on the Mississippi River, &c., &c. December 27, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
- Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the disbursing agent of the Post Office Department. February 28, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Estimate Post Office Department, 1838. January 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
- Persons employed in delivering letters -- Post Office, New York. Letter from the Acting Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House, a statement showing the number of persons employed in the delivery of letters from the Post Office Department. March 30, 1860. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed
- Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1840. January 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Report of the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the lists of Post Offices, regulations, &c., published by George S. Gideon in 1855, and by John C. Rives in 1857. June 4, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
- Estimates -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service for the year commencing 1st of July, 1852. January 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Coins taken for postage. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copy of a letter from the postmaster at New York, relative to silver coins, &c. February 9, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports from the Secretaries of the Treasury and the Navy, and from the Postmaster General, in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank-notes, and the payment of government creditors in depreciated currency. April 18, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Estimates -- foreign mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the foreign mail service. December 30, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, transmitting a statement of the actual condition of the Post Office Department. May 1, 1822. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to lie on the table
- Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, in relation to the receipt of bank notes by postmasters in payment to the government. May 28, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Estimates -- service of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1862. January 2, 1861. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Estimates -- Post Office Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. 872.) Letter from the Postmaster General, addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means, relative to the estimates for the service of the Post Office Department during the year ending June 30, 1860. February 9, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed
- Report of the Postmaster General communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to proposals submitted to him for the purchase of a site for a post office in Philadelphia. July 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed
- Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting a list of the names of the clerks in the Post Office Department, and the compensation allowed to each. January 8, 1822. Read, and ordered to lie on the table
- Deficiency appropriation for Post-Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster-General submitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation for Post-Office Department. January 10, 1902. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed
- Letter carriers -- of fees. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 28th of February last, information relative to the reduction of the fees of letter carriers in the cities of the United States. March 2, 1849. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Unproductive post routes. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of unproductive post routes. January 17, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
- Postage accruing in the U.S. -- 1826. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, in each state and territory, for one year ending 31st March, 1826. January 3, 1827. Read, and laid upon the table
- Letter from the Postmaster General, to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the Senate, in relation to the contract made with Mr. Butterfield for the transportation of a letter mail overland from the Mississippi River to San Francisco and back. March 22, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed
- Proposed public buildings projects. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General transmitting report of the Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General containing a statement of the allocation of all public buildings deemed necessary to be constructed ... February 14, 1927. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed
- Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to an increase of salary of the clerks in the General Post Office. May 9, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Postmaster General (negligent claims). Communication from the President of the United States transmitting communication from the Postmaster General, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $ 811.73, to pay claims which he has adjusted under the act of December 28, 1922 (42 Stat. 1066). June 7, 1926. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
- Appropriation for the Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Postmaster General requesting that the unexpended balances of the two appropriations of $750,000 each, made by the acts approved August 24, 1912, and March 4, 1913, for the parcel post service, be reappropriated and made available for use during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. June 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
- Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate
- Letter from the Postmaster General, in relation to the transportation of the mail in steamboats. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 290.) March 30, 1840. Ordered to be printed
- Postage for one year -- ending March 31, 1832. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the amount of postage accruing for one year, ending on the 31st March, 1832. December 19, 1832. Read, and laid upon the table
- Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statements shewing the amount of postage received at each of the post offices in the United States and the territories thereof during the year 1822. February 26, 1824. Read, Ordered that it lie upon the table
- Bequest of Dr. Charles F. Macdonald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Postmaster General in reference to obtaining permission of Congress for the use of the bequest made by Dr. C.F. Macdonald for the improvement of the postal money-order system. August 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
- Fines and deductions in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, reporting fines and deductions from pay of contractors for year ending June 30, 862. February 9, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed
- Useless papers in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster-General relative to the disposition of useless executive documents in the Post Office Department. May 27, 1913. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed
- Investigation of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General in response to a Senate Resolution of February 5, 1904, transmitting a report relating to the investigation of the Post Office Department. February 8, 1904. -- Referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and ordered to be printed
- Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, information relative to mail contracts with A.D Trotter, of Staunton, Virginia, and the amount of money paid him on said contracts. March 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed