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832 PROGRESS OF THE POST OFFICE.
Number of Post Offices and length of Post Roads in the United States, the annual amount paid for
Mail Transportation, and of Receipts and Expenditures of the Post Office Department, from 1790
to 1851, inclusive.
|
Years. |
Number of
Post Offices. |
Length of
Post Roads. |
Paid for
Transportation. |
Receipts. |
Expenditures. |
|
1790... |
|
75 |
1,875 |
22,081 |
00 |
37,935 |
00 |
32,140 |
00 |
|
1795... |
|
453 |
13,297 |
75,359 |
00 |
160,620 |
00 |
117,893 |
00 |
|
1800... |
|
903 |
20,817 |
128,644 |
00 |
289,894 |
00 |
213,994 |
00 |
|
1805... |
|
1,558 |
31,076 |
239,635 |
00 |
421,373 |
00 |
377,367 |
00 |
|
1810... |
|
2,300 |
36,496 |
327,966 |
00 |
551,684 |
00 |
495,969 |
00 |
|
1815... |
|
3,000 |
43,748 |
487,779 |
00 |
1,043,065 |
00 |
748,121 |
00 |
|
1829... |
|
4,590 |
72,492 |
782,425 |
00 |
1,111,927 |
00 |
1,160,926 |
00 |
|
1825... |
|
5,677 |
94,052 |
785,646 |
00 |
1,336,525 |
00 |
1,229,043 |
00 |
|
1830... |
|
8,459 |
115,176 |
1,272,156 |
00 |
1,919,300 |
00 |
1,959,109 |
00 |
|
1835... |
|
10,770 |
112,774 |
1,533,222 |
00 |
3,152,376 |
00 |
2,585,108 |
00 |
|
1840... |
|
13,468 |
155,739 |
3,213,042 |
61 |
4,543,521 |
92 |
4,718,235 |
64 |
|
1841... |
|
13,778 |
155,026 |
3,034,813 |
91 |
4,407,726 |
27 |
4,499,527 |
61 |
|
1842... |
|
13,733 |
149,732 |
4,192,196 |
06 |
5,029,506 |
65 |
5,674 751 |
76 |
|
1843... |
|
13,814 |
142,295 |
2,982,512 |
47 |
4,296,225 |
43 |
4,374,753 |
71 |
|
1844... |
|
14,103 |
144,'687 |
2,912,946 |
78 |
4,237,287 |
83 |
4,296,512 |
70 |
|
1845... |
|
14,183 |
143,949 |
2,898,639 |
48 |
4,439,841 |
80 |
4,320,731 |
99 |
|
1846... |
|
14,601 |
149,679 |
2,597,454 |
66 |
4,089,089 |
97 |
4,084,332 |
42 |
|
1847-.. |
|
15,146 |
153,818 |
2,476,455 |
68 |
4,013,447 |
14 |
3,971,275 |
12 |
|
1848... |
|
16,159 |
163,238 |
2,545,232 |
12 |
4,161,077 |
85 |
4,326,850 |
27 |
|
1849... |
|
16,747 |
167,703 |
2,577,407 |
71 |
4,705,176 |
28 |
4,479,049 |
13 |
|
1850... |
|
18,417 |
178,672 |
2,965,786 |
36 |
5,499,984 |
86 |
5,212,953 |
43 |
|
1851... |
|
19,796 |
192,026 |
3,538,063 |
54 |
6,410,694 |
33 |
6,278,401 |
68 |
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Statement of Mail Service in the United States, on the 30th of June, 1850. |
|
States. |
Total number
of Miles. |
Total annual
Transportation. |
States. |
Total number
of Miles. |
Total annual
Transportat'n. |
|
|
4,252
2,042 |
1,369,680 |
|
2,607
5,188
7,262
10,314 |
384,456 |
|
New Hampshire..... |
736,736 |
Michigan........... |
1,318,893 |
|
|
2,519
3,071
414 |
964,860
2,179,046
213,304 |
|
1,458,772
2,448,744
767,664 |
|
|
|
|
Rhode Island....... |
Wisconsin.......... |
4,572 |
|
Connecticut........ |
1,852 |
1,017,944 |
Iowa............... |
3,664 |
541,408 |
|
New York.......... |
13,397 |
6,148,258 |
Missouri........... |
9.702 |
1,818,249 |
|
New Jersey........ |
2,337 |
1,003,652 |
Kentucky.......... |
8,745 |
2,489,656 |
|
Pennsylvania....... |
11,422 |
3,455,792 |
Tennessee........... |
7,371 |
1,441,958 |
|
Delaware........... |
488 |
167,544 |
Alabama......... |
7,554 |
1,737,324 |
|
Maryland.......... |
2,438 |
1,010,456 |
Mississippi......... |
5,460 |
1,051,700 |
|
|
12,267
11,923 |
3,421,535
2,574,900 |
|
5,625
4,151 |
796,836
600,332 |
|
Virginia............ |
Louisiana.......... |
|
North Carolina...... |
7,931
5,464
6,921 |
1,683,604
1,170,624
1,670,034 |
Texas............... |
7,698 |
897,462 |
|
Georgia............ |
Total............ |
178,672 |
46,541,423 |
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Statement of the net Revenue arising from Letter Postages, Newspapers, Sec., and the amount credited
contractors for the Transportation of the Mails in the several States and Territories, for the fiscal
year ended 30ih June, 1850.
■ States and Territories.
|
Maine.... .
New Hampshire
Vermont.......
Massachusetts .
Rhode Island ...
Connecticut.
New York.......
New Jersey......
Pennsylvania. ...
Delaware .......
Maryland.......
V irginia........
North Carolina..
Tennessee......
Missouri........
Arkansas.......
Iowa...........
South Carolina..
Georgia........ |
89,761 92
59,902 29
58,965 44
358,120 72
39,328 34
110,971 81
933,977 13
66,156 20
396,699 91
12,521 38
121,864 61
141,579 13
46,647 07
64,185 86
83,787 95
17,215 53
26,568 86
76,108 62
101,749 42
46,699 25
27,662 00
59,643 93
132,164 84
12,088 20
62,176 13
324 970 14
42,813 37
146,105 64
6,489 87
143,150 97
169,687 83
154,977 40
74,142 59
101,313 23
61,244 99
24,850 05
108,488 89
146,772 94
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Alabama............
Mississippi..........
Kentucky..........
Indiana.. .........
Illinois.............
Ohio...............
Michigan...........
Louisiana..........
Texas..............
Florida.............
Wisconsin..........
Minnesota..........
California..........
Oregon.............
New Mexico........
"Utah...............
District of Columbia
Nebraska........... |
|
75,937 |
75 |
143,798 |
70 |
|
55,536 |
01 |
84,256 |
58 |
|
86,472 |
49 |
87,121 |
70 |
|
83,638 |
03 |
76,225 |
82 |
|
115,184 |
53 |
156,685 |
71 |
|
286,311 |
24 |
138,836 |
32 |
|
62,387 |
69 |
39,634 |
58 |
|
116,936 |
06 |
68,464 |
61 |
|
28,474 |
12 |
114,744 |
83 |
|
13,793 |
24 |
31,701 |
55 |
|
60,725 |
35 |
34,759 |
77 |
|
1,874 |
13 |
1,192 |
89 |
|
227,152 |
82 |
111,515 |
87 |
|
3,282 |
54 |
9,875 |
80 |
|
243 |
68 |
350 |
00 |
|
718 |
90 |
........ |
|
|
11,109 |
45 |
|
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|
25 |
17 |
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A Gazetteer of the United States of America by John Hayward.
Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany and Company. 1853. Public domain image
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