Letter from the Postmaster General, in Response to Senate Resolution of January 13, 1892, Relative to the Extension of the Free-delivery System to Rural Districts
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Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads
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Published: 1892
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Devin Leonard
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2016-05-03
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 0802189970
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 1204
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Published: 1892
Total Pages: 1018
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