Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 June 1933 — Old Post Regulations [ARTICLE]

Old Post Regulations

On March 3, 1797, it was decided that “all letters to George Washington be received and conveyed by post during his life free of charge.” The postal laws were revised in 1799, and flogging substituted for the death penalty for robbing the mails. The franking privilege was extended to John Adams in 1801. In 1802 an act was passed to the effect that “mail between Petersburg, Va., and Louisville, Ga., (should) go in mail coaches instead of on horseback.” A general post office had been established in Washington on May 29, 1800.