Footnotes
An Act to Establish Certain Post Routes and for Other Purposes [3 Mar. 1847], Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America, chap. 63, p. 201, sec. 11; see also Summerfield and Hurd, U.S. Mail, 45–46.
The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America. From December 1, 1845, to March 3, 1851. . . . Edited by George Minot. Vol. 9. Boston: Little, Brown, 1862.
Summerfield, Arthur E., with Charles Hurd. U.S. Mail: The Story of the United States Postal Service. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1960.
In the 1830s, a single-page letter sent less than thirty-six miles cost six cents. A single-page letter sent between 150 and 400 miles cost 18¾ cents, while the same letter sent more than 400 miles cost 25 cents. A two-page letter cost double, a three-page letter triple, and any letter four pages or more cost quadruple the rate of the single-page letter. Packages weighing more than an ounce started at one dollar. (Force, National Calendar, 227; An Act to Reduce into One the Several Acts Establishing and Regulating the Post-Office Department [3 Mar. 1825], Public Statutes at Large, 18th Cong., 2nd Sess., chap. 64, pp. 102–114; John, Spreading the News, 121–124, 159.)
Force, Peter. The National Calendar for MDCCCXXIX. Vol. VII. Washington DC: By the author, 1829.Force, Peter. The National Calendar for MDCCCXXX. Vol. VIII. Washington DC: By the author, 1830.
The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. . . . Edited by Richard Peters. 8 vols. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846–1867.
John, Richard R. Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.
See Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, MO, 25 June 1833; see also Margo, Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 67, table 3A.5.
Margo, Robert A. Wages and Labor Markets in the United States,1820–1860. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Notice, LDS Messenger and Advocate, July 1835, 1:160, italics in original.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
JS, Journal, 5 Dec. 1835.
“Prospectus,” LDS Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1836, 3:386.
Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.
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