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The Post Office of India and Its StoryThe Post Office of India and Its StoryWhen I first decided to write a short account of the Post Office of India my intention was to close my story with the amalgamation of the Post Office and the Telegraph Department, which took place in...
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Coaching Days and WaysCoaching Days & WaysThe many boons conferred by Mr. John Palmer upon his generation faded before the advance of the railways; but he has deserved well of posterity, if only for that he altered the coach team from three horses to four. Until that...
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Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division SuperintendentLetters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent My Dear Boy:The circular announcing your appointment as division superintendent has just been received, and it brings up a flood of thoughts of former years. I felt that you had made a...
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The Postal System of the United States and the New York General Post OfficeThe Postal System of the United States and the New York General Post OfficeHonorable Hubert Work, Postmaster-General, was a practising physician for many years in Colorado prior to entering government service, and was also President of the American Medical Association. He served as first...
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Albert BallinAlbert BallinMY principal reason for publishing the information contained in this volume is to keep alive the memory of Albert Ballin. I particularly desire to show what was his share in bringing about the economic advance of Germany during the golden age of the...
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Catalogue of books on philately in the Public Library of the city of BostonCatalogue of books on philately in the Public Library of the city of BostonSeveral symbols appear in the left margin of certain catalogue entries: the equals sign (=), en-dash () and a circular "bullet" (). No explanation is given in the book for the...
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Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction RailwayDrake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway - from Birmingham to Liverpool and ManchesterThe courteous reception given to the First Edition of the Grand Junction Road Book, and the substantial proofs of approbation which a rapid sale has afforded, render it a duty...
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The History of the British Post OfficeThe History of the British Post OfficeIn justice to those principles which influenced the policy of the Post Office before the introduction of penny postage, it is perhaps unnecessary to call attention to the fact that no opinion as to their desirability or otherwise...
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Her Majesty's MailsHer Majesty's Mails - An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-OfficeThis volume is the first of a contemplated series designed to furnish some account of the history and ordinary working of the revenue departments of the countryto do for the great Governmental...
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The Old PikeThe Old Pike - A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes ThereonThere were a number of spelling and typographical errors in the original text. Obvious printer's errors have been corrected silently. Variant and idiosyncratic spellings have been retained, especially for...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 7Portage Paths: The Keys of the ContinentThe little portage pathways which connected the heads of our rivers and lakes or offered the voyageur a thoroughfare around the cataracts and rapids of our rivers were, as the subtitle of this volume suggests, the Keys of...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 8Military Roads of the Mississippi BasinThis volume treats of five of the early campaigns in the portion of America known as the Mississippi BasinClarks campaigns against Kaskaskia and Vincennes in 1778 and 1779; and Harmars, St. Clairs, and Waynes campaigns against the northwestern Indians...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 4Braddock's Road and Three Relative PapersThe French were invariably defeated by the British on this continent because the latter overcame natural obstacles which the former blindly trusted as insurmountable. The French made a league with the Allegheniesand Washington and Braddock and Forbes conquered the...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 6Boone's Wilderness RoadThe naming of our highways is an interesting study. Like roads the world over they are usually known by two namesthe destinations to which they lead. The famous highway through New York state is known as the Genesee Road in the eastern...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 5The Old Glade (Forbes's) Road (Pennsylvania State Road)When General Edward Braddock landed in Virginia in 1755, one of his first acts in his campaign upon the Ohio was to urge Governor Morris to have a road opened westward through Pennsylvania. His reason for wishing...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 11Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers (Volume 1)The first chapter of this volume presents an introduction to the two volumes of this series devoted to Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers. The evolution of American highways from Indian trail to macadamized road is described;...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 10The Cumberland RoadFor material used in this volume the author is largely in the debt of the librarians of the State Libraries of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. From the Honorable C. B. Galbreath, of the Ohio State Library, he has received much...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 12Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers (Volume 2)This volume is devoted to two great lines of pioneer movement, one through northern Virginia and the other through central New York. In the former case the Old Northwestern Turnpike is the key to the situation, and...
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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 14The Great American Canals (Volume 2, The Erie Canal)This second monograph on the great American canals which played the part of important highways westward, is devoted to an outline of the Erie Canal. In the comparatively short space at our disposal for so great...
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Ten Years Among the Mail BagsTen Years Among the Mail Bags - Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office DepartmentA mail bag is an epitome of human life. All the elements which go to form the happiness or misery of individualsthe raw material, so...
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