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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Postal service, federal (search)
applies to all sealed matter, whether in manuscript or printed. There are two other classes of mail-matter; one embraces all regularly supplied newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, exclusively in print, and the other embraces pamphlets, transient newspapers, magazines, and articles of merchandise, seeds, roots, scions, engravings, etc., for all of which there are graded prices. Letters not taken from a post-office, or the directions of which are not clear, are sent to the Dead-letter Office in Washington, where they are examined, and, as far as possible, they and their contents are returned to the sender. The quantity of these letters is very large. Postal arrangements have been made with foreign governments by which great facility and security are obtained in the transmission of letters. In February, 1883, Congress, by act, fixed the postage on single letters at 2 cents after Oct. 1, 1883. Second-class matter (periodicals), is carried at the nominal rate of 1 cent per pound.