Dead-letter Office in Washington Described in Detail
A visitor tours the Dead-Letter Department in the U S General Post Office Washington noting the marble building a skylit room and desks where clerks open sort and register letters a queue of black oilskin bags labeled Dead-Letter Department and a bustling scene of clerks handling mail including odd envelopes and curious addresses such as Michel mn Donohun and W C Campbell ESQ with Provincetown Mass postmarks
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Whithrs
Washington
General Post Office
National Capital
F Street
Patent Office
Philadelphia
Queen Victoria
W. C. Campbell
Provincetown
Mass
MYSTERIES OF THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE DESCRIBED
An 1870 glimpse into Washington Dead Letter Office operations details how domestic and foreign letters are processed. It explains openers, request desks, misplaced or prepaid mail, and money or valuables recovered, with statistics on money letters, postage, and the fate of unclaimed items. It notes careless addressing, misdirections, and the fate of unidentifiable letters ending in the paper mill.
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Galler
Congress
United States
Foreign Office
Usl
Washington
Www
C. Campbell
Indianapolis
Indiana
Warsaw
Post Office Department
Locust Hill
Sunnyside Farm
Myrtle Grove
Rose Villa
Post Office
Mac Hannahs
Mechanicaville
N. Y
Squill
Sqweile
Schuylkill
Schenecktady
New York
The rulers of this world in the post era
A historical survey lists rulers and subjects from around the globe with figures for emperors kings sultans and presidents. It notes the vast populations under China Russia and the United States and includes quirky details on royal names and titles across regions. The piece also traces recent shifts in power like Italy Prussia and the U S presidency while highlighting the Pope's largely spiritual role and lingering hopes of temporal restoration.
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The
New York Evening Post
Victoria I
England
Pomare
Society Islands
Ranavola N
Madagascar
Czar
Russia
China
Charles III
Monaco
John II
Lichtenstein
Kiab
Graih
Duke
Prince
Shah Khan
Imanfil
Emir
Said
Siltan
Hospodat
Hoang Ti
Taksir-Kan
Khedive
Bey
Pyrenees
Persia
Afghanistan
Bokhara
Khokan
Khiva
Turkey
Borneo
Zanzibar
Imaams
Muscat
Yemen
Egypt
Tripoli
Marshal MacMahon
France
Buenaventura Baez
Johannes
Abyssinia
Theodorus
Lerdo de Tejada
Mexico
Benito Juarez
M. Thiers
Oscar II
Sweden
Norway
Lunalilo
Sandwich Islands
Kamehameha V
Albert
Saxony
John
Italy
Prussia
Germany
United States
Henrys of
Pope
Rome
Vatican
The Virginius and British filibuster critique
The article contests British claims that the Virginius affair was purely American. It details crews and passengers, noting 170 prisoners captured by the Tornado, 35 executed, 102 delivered to the Juniata for New York, and mentions a diverse survivor group including French, Americans, and Cubans. It argues Britain’s reaction should consider the full crew list and the wider context of filibustering near Cuba.
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Great Britain
Spain
Virginius
Virginias
Juniata
New York
India
England
Canada
Jamaica
Sidney Robinson
George Winters
William Marshall
George Burke
Marshal O'Donnell
Mac- Mahon
France
Eugenie
Cuba
Drake and Morgan
United States
Alabama
Shenandoah
Nassau
Halifax
Areaus
Philadelphia
North
Ameri
Seven in the Bible: references to seven in scripture and omen
The text lists numerous biblical motifs centered on the number seven. It cites events such as creation’s seventh day, Noah’s dove, Abraham, Jacob, Pharaohs, Joseph, and harvests, plus Israel’s seven years and sabbaths, Jericho’s walls, Solomon’s temple, Naaman, Job, Christ, and Revelations. It reads like a compact catalog of sevenfold themes across biblical narratives.
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Abraham
Jacob
Jos
Laban
Israel
Jericho
Iona
Solomon
Nion
Tabernacle
Naaman
Ordan
Job
Also Mentioned on This Page
Family Circle
Michel Mn Donohun
Pat Donohun
Kate Donohun
Guvannos, Broklin
Am Eriky
Jack Stump
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Humber
Almighey
Pearsia
Mésag Ti
United States of America
Switzerland
Peru
Colombia
Chili
KINGS
William I
Victor Emanuel
Austria
Lama
Thibet
Zung Che
Corea
Synd Toskes
Imaum
Tu Due
Anam
Cochin China
Siam
Tenno
Japan
Montsochito
Dahomey
Adahoonzou
T’oung Chi
Abdul Mumen
Abdul Aziz
Sublime Porte
Bismillah
Jackasses
Milan
Lombardy
Hospodar
Servia
Montenegro
Nicholas I
Imaam
Sydam
Morocco
the Virginius
Cori
Coville
Pat
Herb
Ahe
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