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Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 February 1864
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p.2, col.2
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72 - L. Feb. 29:2/2 - A drunken soldier, creating a disturbance in the post
office, was arrested by Patrolman Wan Huse and taken to the station house.
Some 30 soldiers tried to take their comrade away, but finally gave up.
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Cleveland police station; U. S. post office; Van Husan (police officer)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 4 April 1864
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1699 - L Apr. 4:4/4 - The post office department was under the manage-
ment of the Democrats for 33 years until the Hon. Montgomery Blair
took it over three years ago. The rate of postage till then was 25
cents for a single letter. Mr. Blair improved the postal system. He
recommended the English and French systems of free delivery of mail,
and free collection of letters from letter boxes. The English system
of money orders and the adoption of a new rate of newspaper postage,
doing away with the old charges of three and one-fourth, six and one-
half cents and substituting, five, ten, 15, and 20 cents.
Congress adopted his recommendations and passed an act which went
into effect July 1, 1863. (19)
Blair, Montgomery (postmaster general); U. S. Congress; U. S. post office