Jefferson County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....1816 Postage rates & MEIGS April 24, 1816
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Farmer's Repository April 24, 1816
The following was found in the April 24, 1816 edition -

"RATES OF POSTAGE.
The following rates of postage are to be charged after the 1st of May, 
conformable to an act of Congress passed n the 9th Inst.
            On single letters.
For any distance not exceeding 30 miles-   6 cents.
Over 30, & not over 80 miles-                      10 cents.
Over 100 & not over 150 miles-            12 1/2 cents.
Over 150 & not over 400 miles-            18 1/2 cents.
Over  400 miles -                                           25 cents.
    Double Letters, or those composed of two pieces of paper, double those 
rates.
    Triple Letters, or those composed of three pieces of paper, triple those 
rates.
    Packets, or letters composed of four or more pieces of paper, or one or 
more other articles, and weighing one ounce avoirdupois, quadruple those rates, 
and in that proportion for all greater weight.
    Ship Letters, not carried by mail, are chargeable with 6 cents.

                                Newspapers.
Each paper carried not over 100 miles - 1 cent.
Over 100 miles -    1 1/2 cent.
    But if carried to any place within the state where printed, whatever the 
distance, the rate is only one cent.

                Magazines and Pamphlets.
Are rated by the sheet.
Carried not over 50 miles -                 1 cent.
Over 50, and not over 100 miles -   1 1/2 cent.
Over 100 miles -                                2 cents."

"Post masters are not to forward pamphlets in the mail, where the latter is 
very large, or where it is carried with great expedition, or on horseback.
                RETURN J. MEIGS, Jun.
                    Post Master General.
                    General Post Office, April 16.
N. B. The post master at every post town, where a news-paper is printed, is to 
have this advertisement published in one of the papers (or more if he thinks it 
expedient) three times, to pay the expence, and charge it to this office in his 
account current, as a contingent expence."



Additional Comments:
The "Farmer's Repository" was a weekly newspaper published in Charles Town, 
Jefferson Co, VA which is now known as Jefferson Co, WV. 


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