Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1919 — First Maine Post Office. [ARTICLE]

First Maine Post Office.

In 1775 the first post offices lb Maine were established at Kennebunk, Falmouth and Bath. The mails were carried by carriers o*. foot or on horseback and the average week’s mail did not amount to five letters at each office. The rates were high, 6%r 12%, 18%, 25 and 87% cents, according to ■ the distance the letter had to be carried, and double the rate when the letter was on more than one sheet of paper. ' .*=