tion a little more than a year,and at the end of his official term there were about fifty post-offices in the UnitedStates. All the accounts of the general post-office department during thatperiod were contained in a small book consisting of about two quires of foolscappaper, which is preserved in… … THE PROGRESS OF A CENTURY 79 there were only about seventy-five post-offices, with an aggregate length of post-roads of about I,goo miles. The annual income was ^28,000, and the annualexpenditures were ^32,000. The mails were carried by postmen on horseback,and sometimes on foot. The post-office…
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