01937nam a2200265I 4500000971070MiAaHDL20240923000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua730621s1917 nyu 00010 eng u17024056sdr-hvd.990018320150203941sdr-coo4774603sdr-nyp.b139136642sdr-miu.990009710700106381(MH)001832015HVD01-Aleph(MH)Aleph001832015(OCoLC)644799KSUm.c.CRLn-us---HE6371.R6Roper, Daniel C.(Daniel Calhoun),1867-1943.The United States post office :its past record, present condition, and potential relation to the new world era /by Daniel C. Roper.New York,and London :Funk & Wagnalls company,1917.xvii, 382 p.illus.20 cm.Bibliography: p. 374-375.Preface -- Introduction -- Postal Service and Civilization -- Colonial Post Offices in America -- British Control of the American Post Office -- Early Development of the Federal Postal System -- Rise of the Modern Postal System -- United States Postal History Since 1847 -- The Post Offices -- The Network of Post Roads -- The Post Office Lobby -- The Workings of a Post Office -- Railway Mail Service -- How the Farmer Gets His Mail -- Collection and Delivery in Cities -- Addresses -- Postage and Mail Classification -- Parcel Post -- Special Services -- Postal Banking -- Postal Inspection and Control -- Policing the Mails -- World Mail Service -- Economic Utility of the Post Office -- Foreign Trade by Post -- Postal Engineering -- The Human Element -- The Post Office Department -- Relation of the Department to Congress and the People -- Postal Perspective -- Comparative Postal Service -- Philately.Mode of access: Internet.Postal serviceUnited StatesOnline version:Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943.United States post office.New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1917(OCoLC)57624291300097107020020606093309.720240923000000.020240924060536.02025-09-22T18:03:54Z2025-09-22T17:50:03ZSDR-HVDhvdALMAprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-hvd.990018320150203941hvdSDRHVD001832015hvd.32044024513178HVD990018320150203941HVDHVD20250922googlehvd.320440245131781917pdusbibUS bib date1 between 1901 and 1931 and multiple 260/264 placesia.cu31924030137487COOCOO20171128cornell-mscoo1.ark:/13960/t0ht36r631917pdusbibUS bib date1 between 1901 and 1931 and multiple 260/264 placesNYPNYP20250715googlenyp.334330239420421917pdusbibUS bib date1 between 1901 and 1931 and multiple 260/264 placesMIUMIU20260226googlemdp.390150085144681917pdusbibUS bib date1 between 1901 and 1931 and multiple 260/264 places