Petition to Prohibit Transportation and Opening Mail on the Sabbath, 1817
Scope and Contents
Report of the select committee, to which was referred sundry petitions, remonstrating against the practice of transporting and opening the mails on the Sabbath, and praying a discontinuance thereof. March 1, 1817. Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
[Washington, D.C. William A. Davis, 1817]. 9 p. Shaw 42736
Includes (p. 2-6) the report of the postmaster general, dated General Post Office, February 20th, 1817 and signed on p. 6: R.J. Meigs, Jun. Recommendation that transportation of mail not be limited on the Sabbath, but that letters not be delivered to local post-offices.
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Dates
- Creation: 1817
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
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