Post Office Act of 1792 publication

1792

The 18-page volume appears to have been rebound; no date is given for the binding, but "Bound by Zaehnsdorf, London, England" appears in gilt on the inside the red, Moroccan leather, front cover and the title, "United States Post-Office 1792" runs down the spine. Portions of the handwritten marginalia were trimmed away to make a new clean edge for this volume that contains various postal documents from 1792, including: "An Act of Establish the Post Office and Post Roads within the United States," "Instructions to the Deputy Postmasters," a rate chart commencing June 1792, and a quarterly report from the New Haven, Connecticut, post office for April 1 to July 1, 1792. The image here shows the "Instructions to the Deputy Postmasters on the right and the last page of the Post Office Act of 1792 on the left.