US Post Office, 1789 to 1901

American State Papers, Post Office Department

Don Heller, 15 October 2023
dheller.aps@yahoo.com


Title as given with each numbered document; the table of contents may give a different title.
Date when communicated to the House or Senate.

no. pages title date
  [i-iv] Half-title, Title  
  i-iv Table of Contents  
  5-362 No. 1-127 + Appendix 1-2  
  i-viii Index  
1 5-7 Plan for improving the Post Office Department. 22 Jan. 1790
2 8 Survey and publication of the post roads. 27 Apr. 1790
3 8-12 List of post offices, and the receipts and expenditures to January 5, 1790. 27 Apr. 1790
4 13-14 List of post offices, and the receipts and expenditures for the year ending October 5, 1791. 1791-1792
5 15 Tax on mail stages in New Jersey. 11 Feb. 1793
6 15-16 Execution of the Post Office law. [relative to mail contracts] 23 Dec. 1794
7 16-17 Revision of the Post Office law. 4 Apr. 1796
8 17-21 Alterations proposed to the Post Office laws. 8 Jan. 1799
9 21-27 Further provision for transporting the mail. 30 Mar. 1802
10 28 Number of post offices, and the length of the post roads. 25 Jan. 1803
11 28 Mail from Washington to New Orleans. 13 Dec. 1803
12 29 Mail stages or covered wagons. 28 Dec. 1803
13 30 Mail from Washington to New Orleans. 12 Jan. 1804
14 30-34 Receipts from postage for three years. [1 Oct. 1800 to 30 Sep. 1803] 1 Mar. 1804
15 34-35 Additional allowance recommended to a mail contractor. 7 Jan. 1805
16 35-36 Mail road from Washington to New Orleans. 1 Feb. 1805
17 36-38 Mail road from Washington to New Orleans. 23 Feb. 1805
18 38 Claim of a mail contractor for additional allowance. 3 Mar. 1806
19 39-40 Obstructions to the transmission of the mail from Athens, in Georgia, to New Orleans. 21 Mar. 1806
20 40 Inquiry into the conduct of the Postmaster General. [Gideon Granger] 17 Apr. 1806
21 40-41 Progress of the Post Office Department from March 3, 1793, to January 12, 1807. 19 Jan. 1807
22 41-42 Revision of the Post Office laws. 22 Feb. 1810
23 43 Claim of a mail carrier for a disability contracted in discharge of his duty. 23 Mar. 1810
24 43-44 View of the Post Office establishment from 1789 to 1809. 30 Apr. 1810
25 44 The purchase and fitting up a building for the accommodation of the Post Office Department and Patent Office. 25 Jan. 1811
26 44-45 Remonstrance against the delivery of letters, papers, and packets, at the post offices, on the Sabbath. 31 Jan. 1811
27 45 Sunday mails. 3 Jan. 1812
28 46 Condition of the [Post Office] Department after the incursion of the enemy, in 1814. 26 Oct. 1814
29 46 Sunday mails. 20 Jan. 1815
30 47 Sunday mails. 27 Jan. 1815
31 47-48 Number of post offices, and the produce of postages for six months. [to 30 June 1814] 28 Feb. 1815
32 48-49 Reduction of postage. 2 Jan. 1816
33 49-50 Compensation of postmasters. 2 Feb. 1816
34 50-61 Investigation into the fiscal operations of the General Post Office. 27 Mar. 1816
35 61 Indemnity for money lost in the mail. 19 Jan. 1818
36 61-62 Proposition to establish a branch of the General Post Office in one of the Western States. 11 Apr. 1818
37 62 Compensation of postmasters. 15 Feb. 1819
38 62-63 Guards for the mails. 16 Feb. 1819
39 63-73 Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department, from its establishment. [to 1 Jan. 1818] 20 Feb. 1819
40 74-76 Accounts of the Post Office Department. [to 31 Dec. 1819] 12 Feb. 1820
41 77-90 Investigation of the affairs of the Post Office Department. 28 Feb. 1821
42 90-91 Receipts and expenditures from 1816 to 1821, inclusive. 28 Feb. 1822
43 92-93 Compensation to deputies and mail agents -- Effect of steamboats on the revenue of the Post Office. 28 Feb. 1822
44 93 Security of the mails. 18 Mar. 1822
45 94-96 Accounts of the General Post Office. 26 Mar. 1822
46 97-108 Investigation. [of the affairs of the Post Office Department] 29 Apr. 1822
47 109 Proposition to exempt State laws from postage. 28 Feb. 1823
48 109-111 Receipts and expenditures for the years 1821 and 1822. 28 Feb. 1823
49 111-113 Postage on books -- Expense of carrying certain mails. 1 Mar. 1823
50 113 Number of distributing offices. 24 Dec. 1823
51 113-114 Compensation of postmasters. 27 Jan. 1824
52 114 Remission of a penalty. 26 Feb. 1824
53 115-117 Extent of post roads, and the receipts and expenditures for three years. 21 May 1824
54 118-119 Condition of the Post Office Department. 7 Dec. 1824
55 119-120 Post route from New Orleans to Washington. 15 Dec. 1824
56 120-136 Extent of the several mail routes, and the expense of transportation. 14 Jan. 1825
57 136-137 Mail between Baltimore and Philadelphia. 31 Jan. 1825
58 137-138 Condition of the Post Office Department. 6 Dec. 1825
59 139 Defalcation of a deputy postmaster. 2 Feb. 1826
60 139-140 Extra allowance made to a mail contractor. 13 Mar. 1826
61 141 Franking privilege of deputy postmasters. 17 Mar. 1826
62 141-143 Acceleration of the southern mail, and the management of the Post Office at Washington. 20 May 1826
63 144-145 Condition of the Post Office Department. 5 Dec. 1826
64 145-146 Salary of the Postmaster General. 11 Jan. 1827
65 146 Money stolen from a deputy postmaster. 19 Jan. 1827
66 146-155 Transfer of contracts, and the cost of transporting the mail on certain routes. 28 Feb. 1827
67 155-156 Condition of the Post Office Department. 4 Dec. 1827
68 156-180 Nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, for the year ending March 31, 1827. 14 Jan. 1828
69 180-181 Making and repairing a post road. [between Cincinnati and Portland, in Ohio] 21 Jan. 1828
70 181-182 Breach of contract. 18 Mar. 1828
71 183 Postage on pamphlets. 3 Apr. 1828
72 183-184 Condition of the Post Office Department. 2 Dec. 1828
73 184-210 Nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, for the year ending March 31, 1828. 14 Jan. 1829
74 211-212 Sunday mails. 19 Jan. 1829
75 212-215 Sunday mails. 3 Feb. 1829
76 215-217 Condition of the Post Office Department. 8 Dec. 1829
77 217 Application of Indiana for new mail routes. 10 Dec. 1829
78 218 Application of Illinois for the improvement of a post road. 22 Dec, 1829
79 218-219 Application of Indiana and Illinois for the improvement of a post road from Louisville, Kentucky, to St. Louis, Missouri. 20 Jan. 1830
80 220-222 Sureties of a defaulting deputy postmaster. 25 Jan. 1830
81 222-224 Additional clerks. 26 Jan. 1830
82 224 Reward for apprehending the robber of the post office at Florence, in Alabama. 1 Feb. 1830
83 224 Surety of a defaulting deputy postmaster. 5 Feb. 1830
84 225 Sureties of a defaulting deputy postmaster. 8 Feb. 1830
85 225-226 Increase of the pension of a mail carrier, who was shot in the Creek Nation in 1805. 10 Feb. 1830
86 226-229 Post routes on which the mail is transported on Sunday. 4 Mar. 1830
87 229-241 Sunday mails. 4 Mar. 1830
88 241 Improvement of the post road from Zanesville, in Ohio, to Florence, in Alabama. 9 Mar. 1830
89 242 Improvement of the post road between Memphis and Tuscumbia. 15 Mar. 1830
90 242 Deputy postmasters removed since March 4, 1829. 24 Mar. 1830
91 242-245 Condition of the General Post Office. 14 Apr. 1830
92 245-246 Mail guard disabled in service. 19 Apr. 1830
93 246-247 Claim for making the post road from Mobile to Pascagoula. 28 Apr. 1830
94 247-249 Sureties of a defaulting deputy postmaster. 29 Apr. 1830
95 249-256 Advances for printing; changes in certain contracts; newspapers in which advertisements for proposals are published; extra clerks; alterations, repairs, and furniture; incompetent contractors; duties of the Assistant Postmaster General. 5 May 1830
96 256-258 Condition of the Post Office Department. 7 Dec. 1830
97 258-259 Defalcation of a deputy postmaster, occasioned by the burning of his office. 17 Dec. 1830
98 259-260 Further credits claimed by a defaulting deputy postmaster. 29 Dec. 1830
99 260 Additional compensation claimed by a deputy postmaster. 7 Jan. 1831
100 260 Sunday mails. 22 Jan. 1831
101 261-262 Sunday mails. 31 Jan. 1831
102 262 Irregularity of the eastern mail. 11 Feb. 1831
103 262 Sunday mails. 14 Feb. 1831
104 263-265 Sunday mails. 24 Feb. 1831
105 265-296 Nett amount of postage accruing at each post office, for the year ending March 31, 1830. 28 Feb. 1831
106 296-297 Receipts and expenditures to April 1, 1829. 1 Mar. 1831
107 297-298 Claim for making the post road from Mobile to Pascagoula. 1 Mar. 1831
108 298-301 Expenditures for the year ending July 1, 1830. 3 Mar. 1831
109 301-336 Condition of the Post Office Department. 3 Mar. 1831
110 336 Remonstrance [of Abraham Bradley] against certain misstatements contained in the report which the Postmaster General made to the Senate, on the 7th February, 1831, in relation to extra allowances made to contractors. 3 Mar. 1831
111 337-338 Condition of the Post Office Department. 6 Dec. 1831
112 338 Increase of the pension of a mail carrier who was shot in the Creek Nation in 1805. 28 Dec. 1831
113 338-339 Postage on newspapers and periodicals. 13 Jan. 1832
114 339-340 Defaulting deputy postmaster. 24 Jan. 1832
115 340-341 A deputy postmaster, who was prosecuted and convicted of a libel, asks reimbursement of damages and costs. 25 Jan. 1832
116 341-343 Postage on newspapers and periodicals. 13 Feb. 1832
117 343 Error in a contractor's bond corrected. 8 Mar. 1832
118 344-345 Further credits claimed by a defaulting deputy postmaster. 11 Apr. 1832
119 345-346 Accountability of the Post Office Department. 20 Apr. 1832
120 346-350 Postage on newspapers. 19 May 1832
121 350-353 Condition of the Post Office Department. 4 Dec. 1832
122 353 Additional compensation to a deputy postmaster. 20 Dec. 1832
123 353-354 Credits claimed by a defaulting deputy postmaster for losses occasioned by fire. 7 Jan. 1833
124 354-355 Reduction of the rates of postage. 22 Jan. 1833
125 355 Indemnity asked by mail contractors for the loss of a stage and horses. 6 Feb. 1833
126 355-356 Application for carrying the mail on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in steamboats. 20 Feb. 1833
127 356-357 Cost of transporting the mail in each State, including the expenses of post offices and extra allowances made to contractors. 21 Feb. 1833
1 357-359 Sunday mails. 1 Mar. 1817
2 359-361 Condition of the Post Office Department. 2 Dec. 1823