% 30th Congress, 2d Session. | SENATE. J Executive, No. 25. 33 3-91 U-ndgr s -/' , * 7 % REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, V COMMUNICATING The particulars of the postal arrangement with Bremen. February 6, 1849. Ordered to be printed. Post Office Department, February 3, 1849. Sir: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the United States, calling for particulars of the postal arrangements with Bre- • men, the reduction of postage on letters to Germany from this country, and the services performed by the Bremen post office in relation to our mails, with my opinion of the effects of such arrangements on the intercourse and commercial interests of the United States, I. have the honor to submit the following statement: The postal arrangements with Bremen, and through the post i « office of that republic with the various States of Germany and the countries beyond, were made in 1847. The better to carry out the act of 1845, and the second clause of the joint resolution of Congress, of June 15, 1844, I sent a special agent to Europe with v the first, departure of the American mail steamship Washington, under specific instructions, a copy of which is hereto annexed, marked A. He took with him the outlines of a postal arrangement executed by me on behalf of this department, and obtained the ex¬ ecution of it on the part of the post office of Bremen, by Hon. A. Duckwitz, a member of the senate of that republic, charged^with its post office power. A copy is attached, marked B. UndeF this general agreement a more specific one was entered into, called “ Regulations for the international postal arrangements, agreed upon between the United States and Bremen,” which was executed by the special agent, Mr/ Hobbie, on behalf of this department, and by the Hon. A. Duckwitz for the Bremen post office. (See accompanying exhibit, C.) Under these arrangements, an exchange of mails, conveyed in the American mail steam line, is effected under the following ad¬ vantages: They are landed and received by our mail packet at the mouth of the Weser, where a harbor is provided for our ships at 4 [ 25 ] through the declarations of her highest authorities, was assuming an adversary position, national policy as well as interests indi¬ cated the propriety of extending this steam ship mail line to a German port. The comparative cheapness of the bids showed there was no sufficient objection on the score of expense; and by making Southampton, in England, a port of call, where the English mails would be left, and from which the mails for, France could be des¬ patched across the channel in a few hours, the single line was made to accomplish the purpose of placing the United States in mail connexion, by means of American steam ships, with the three prin¬ cipal countries in Europe. The contract was made accordingly, submitted to Congress be¬ fore its final consummation, and being fully ratified by that body, has been executed and put in operation. This experiment has not escaped the common lot. It has, to some extent, encountered those accidents and mishaps which so long delayed the English in achiev¬ ing the success they now enjoy, and which induced a withdrawal of the French Atlantic line from the ocean. The failures of the Bremen line are believed to have been much less than attended the first experiments of the British or French in ocean steam naviga¬ tion; and whilst the losses have fallen on the proprietors, important advantages have resulted from the lessons which their trials have taught to those who are succeeding them in the business of build- - ing ships and machinery for this species of navigation. And these advantages enure, of course, to the public interests embarked in the success of these subsequent enterprises? Bremen offered more advantages for the terminus of the Ameri¬ can line than any of the German ports. It contained a popu-latiqn of about 58,000. Its port, Bremenhaven, at the mouth of the Weser, furnishe ! a commodious harbor, of easy access, and less liable to interruption from the ice than any of the northern ports. Its gov¬ ernment was liberal—the duties imposed upon commerce nominal— its trade with the United States greater than any other north of France—its port, the principal place of embarkation for emigrants from the interior of Europe to the United States—railroads were in the course of construction, some of them already completed, connecting it with portions of Russia, through Berlin; with Trieste, on the Adriatic sea, by Leipsic, Dresden,, and Vienna; with the southern ^portions of Europe through Hanover, Hesse Cassel, and Frankfort, and with Denmark and Norway, by the addition of a steamboat line across the Baltic, from the terminus of the railroad at Kiel. In addition to these advantages, its government offered the most liberal terms for the management of the mails and the convenience ot the contractors. In making these mail arrangements for enlarg¬ ing the correspondence between this country and the enlightened nations of central Europe, containing a population of forty or fiity millions oi people, and extensively engaged in manufactures, it could not escape observation that the increased facilities afforded bj it for an exchange of the productions of the respective coun¬ tries, might oe more advantageous to the United States than'the- 5 [ 25 ] interchange of mails, and lead to the establishment of a new mar¬ ket for the principal products of this country, of little, if any less, importance, than those of England or France. I may add, in addition to these considerations', it seemed not un¬ important that the people of the United States and their institu¬ tions should be seen and judged of by the enlightened nations of Europe through the medium of the American press, rather than the misrepresentations of the presses of other nations. The contractors reserved the right of running alternate trips to Havre at a less price. If their interest or those of the public re¬ quire it, in their opinion, no objections will be interposed at the department. These considerations induced me to adopt the present line from New York to Bremen in preference to the others, and nothing has since occurred to change that opinion. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, C. JOHNSON, - . Postmaster General. Hon. George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. ^ ' • i ■ • ; EXHIBIT A. C ' * * ' Post Office Department of the United States. The ipail steamship line from New York by Cowes to. Bremen, i^fth branch to Havre, established under special authority of Con¬ gress, being about to go into operation, I hereby depute Selan R. Hobbie, esquire, First Assistant Postmaster General, to act as the special agent of this department on the occasion., He will proceed in the United States mail steam ship Washington to Europe, and repair to the ports above named; also to London, Paris, and other places in Europe, in his official capacity aforesaid, to make the needful regulations for the foreign mail service of the United States, not only as connected with said steam ship mail line, but in all respects and particulars; and to enter into arrangements with the proper authorities in other countries to secure a direct mail intercourse between those countries and this, under official guar¬ antees, so that mails may be interchanged under a postage charge for the entire distance, that can be paid either at the office of mail¬ ing' or delivery, at the option of the parties. And these presents are sent, greeting, to all whom it may con¬ cern, lo the end that the bearer hereof may be recognized and re¬ spected as such officer and agent aforesaid. Witness my hand and the seal of the Post Office Department of the United States, this 26th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. C. JOHNSON, Postmaster General , United States. [ 25 ] 6 EXHIBIT A. Extracts from the letter of instruction of C. Johnson , Postmaster General , to S. R. Ilobbie , First Jissista7it Postmaster General , dafed Afay 26, 1847. You will proceed, with us little delay as possible, to the city of Bremen, delivering the Hamburg mail at Bremenhaven, if you shall find suitable arrangements made for its transmission from that phace; if not, then it will be delivered with the other mails at the post office in the city of Bremen. You will make suitable arrangements with the post office at Bre¬ men for the reception, transmission, and delivery of the mails to and from the United States, that will hereafter be taken by the American steamer which will, run regularly between Bremen and New York. You will adjust the mode of keeping accounts between that office and the Post Office Department of the United States, the times of settlement and the modes of payment, as well as the com¬ pensation of the office at Bremen, for the service rendered the United States. You will yisit such other offices on the continent as will be likely to make liberal postal arrangements with the United States, and particularly the offices at Paris and London;- and by arrangements with them secure the transmission of the American mails from Cowes or Southampton, in the English mails, to great Britain and its dependencies, and the American mails for France and such other governments in the south of Europe as will be best and. most expeditiously served through the French mails. You will, as far as practicable, secure the transmission of letters to and from the United States to any parts^ of the world with which they may have postal arrangements, and regulate the rates of post¬ age to be paid, and secure the delivery of letters and papers, whe¬ ther pre-paid or not, at their place of destination—accounts to be kept and regularly settled between the foreign offices and that of the United States, being careful to secure to the United States the postages due for the transmission of letters or papers within the United States, as well as those imposed by the laws of the United States for crossing the Atlantic in the steamers. It is desirable to have such arrangements made with the foreign offices, that letters and newspapers pass to and from the United States to and from all the principal offices in Europe, whether they are pre-paid or not. It will be of the utmost importance to have the American mails delivered and accounts kept with this office at Southampton and Havre, from which the American mails should*be transmitted through the English or French mails. It may also be desirable to have liberty to forward the mails to and from the United States through England, without being opened, upon paying a reasonable price for transportation, upon similar terms to those allowed by this office for the transmission of the Canada mails through the United St at es. You will use your befet efforts'to secure the abolition of the ship postage charged upon letters or news¬ papers in England, and such other governments as you may have 7 [ 25 ] agreements with. If this cannot be secured, then the ship postage of the United States should be charged upon all letters coming to the United States from other governments declining to make reci¬ procal arrangements. The terms upon which the Canadian mails are now transported through the United States may be made the basis of any further agreement with the British post office. Should that office decline to abolish the ship postage on letters brought to England in the American steamers, the ship postage of the United States must be insisted upon on all mail matter delivered in the United States by the Cunard line, or any line of steamers that may hereafter be established between England and the United States. Any just and reciprocal arrangements you may make with /the European offices, for enlarging and facilitating the intercourse be¬ tween the United States and them, will meet with the approbation of the department, and, I doubt not, of the citizens of the United States. - ; Accompanying this } 7 ou will receive certified copies of the seve¬ ral acts of Congress, giving authority to the Post-Office Depart¬ ment to make such arrangements with foreign offices as above indicated. You will consider yourself fully authorized by your appointment to exercise all the powers conferred on this depart¬ ment by them, subject, however, to their confirmation by the gov¬ ernment of the United States. EXHIBIT B. fflrrangemertf between the Post Office Department of the United States and the Post Office Department of the Hanseatic republic of Bremen , respecting the receipt , delivery and distribution of the mails of the United States at Bremen , their despatch to other places in Europe and elsewhere , and the accounting for and pay¬ ing over the United States postage. Section 1 . The Post Office Department at Washington appoints the postmaster at Bremen its sole and exclusive agent for the re¬ ceiving and the forwarding of the mails by the steam packets to run between New York and Bremenhaven, on their arrival on the Weser from, and on their leaving the Weser for, the United States. Sec. 2. On the arrival of the steamers on the Weser, the mail- bags are to be delivered by the captains or the agents of the said steamers, without the least delay, to the Bremen post office, at Bremenhaven, and are to be forwarded thence directly, in a proper and safe way, to the post office at Bremen. The letters, newspa¬ pers and parcels, destined for Bremen, are to be assorted, and de¬ livered there as soon as possible; and those for the other points and places are to be re-mailed and iorwarded in the best and most ex¬ peditious manner. . Sec. 3. During the season that will admit of it, a steamboat will be kept in readiness at Bremenhaven to take the mails, on the arri 8 [ 25 ] val of the United States mail steampacket, immediately to the town of Bremen; and during the portion of the year when naviga¬ tion in the Weser is interrupted, or'in case of the mail steam packet arriving by night, couriers will be provided by the Bremen postmaster to take the mail bags to Bremen with the utmost des- spatch, and the time of transmission from Bremenhaven to Bremen, not exceeding five hours. Sec. 4. The like despatch is stipulated in regard to the mails from Bremen to the United States steam packets, on their departure from 5 remen haven; and in order to avoid any interference or col¬ lision, no letters or mailable matter are to be delivered from on board the said steamers, or to be received by them, except through the agency of the Bremertown post office. The mail bags are to be closed at the post office at Bremen, and all letters for the steam¬ ers are to be delivered there. Sec. 5. The Bremen Post Office Department agrees that a separate bag may be exchanged with the Hamburg post office, to contain only the Hamburg mail matter, and to pass through the hands of the Bremen mail agent at Bremenhaven, and under his control, accom¬ panied with the proper cards of contents and amounts of United States postage^ This bag is to contain no matter for any other points than Hamburg; and no matter, unless delivered up at the post office at Hamburg, and not received from any other post office. The manner of despatching the Hamburg letter bag is left to be settled by the post office departments at Hamburg and'Bremen. Sec. 6. The Bremen postmaster is to take charge of the receiv¬ ing, forwarding and despatching of the mails, accounting to the Postmaster General of the United States for the United States postage received by the postmaster, at Bremen. * And the postmaster at Bremen shall account for all United States postage, as well inland in the United States as steamer postage, on letters and other mailable matter, sent from the United States to any place or post office in Europe or elsewhere through said Bre¬ men post office, and will collect the charged postage on all such matter, as well as on matter delivered at Bremen, and pay over the same to the Postmaster General of the United States, except upon the dead and undelivered matter, which is to be reported; and will also keep account of all matter mailed at Bremen for the United States, as w r ell that received lrom other places or post offices in Europe or elsewhere, as that which is received from Bremen, and duly render said accounts and pay over all balances quarter-yearly. And the compensation to be made and rendered by the Postmaster General of the United States for said service, and for all services to be performed under this agreement, shall be a commission of twenty per cent., to be cast on the amount of postage collected and credited to the Postmaster General of the United States by the postmaster of Bremen; and the United States mail matter shall be subjected to no other charge for conveyance to the Bremen post office than the steamer postage aforesaid accruing to the United States. Sec. /. The Post Office Department of the Hanseatic republic of 9 [ 25 ] Bremen declares itself responsible for the Bremen postmaster in behalf of all services to be performed by him under this agreement, and engages, further, to have care of such arrangements with ihe post office departments of other European States that will allow the United States mail matter, whether postage is pre-paid or un¬ paid, to pass through Bremen, and will permit mail matter for the United States to come through to the place of said agency. And the said Post Office Department of the Hanseatic republic of Bre¬ men further engages to lake care of the collection of all United States postages, chargeable and* not pre-paid, on letters going out of the United States through said agency; that/is, the collection thereof at the place of destination and payment over to the said agency, and the payment thereof by the said agency to the Post¬ master General of the United States, excepting only the dead and undelivered matter. Done and signed at Washington, the 29.h day of March, and at Bremen, the 26th day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-seven. C. JOHNSON, Postmaster General of the United States , A. DUCK WITZ, For the PosT Office Department of the republic of Bremen. EXHIBIT C. % l ' ■ i'y' Regulations for the international postal arrangements agreed upon between the United States and Bremen. r* It is mutually understood by the Post Departments of the United States and of Bremen, 1. That persons desirous of sending letters from Bremen, or from any other country in Europe or the eastern continent, through Bremen, to the United States, or to Canada through, the United States; or from the United States to Bremen, or to any other country in Europe, or the eastern continent, through Bremen, shall have the option, so far as the postal arrangements ot such other countries will allow— - - First, of leaving the whole postage of such letters to be paid by the receiver. Secondly, of pre-paying the whole postage to the place of des¬ tination. \ Thirdly, of paying the United States postage to Bremen, leav¬ ing :he European postage unpaid, when sent from the United States, and in like manner,of paying the European postage to Bre¬ men, leaving the United States postage unpaid, w r hen sent to the United States. 2. That the post office of Bremen is to keep full postage ac¬ counts with the United States Post Office Department, and with the post departments of the several countries in correspondence i 10 [ 25 ] -with the United States through the Bremen post office, and to set¬ tle said accounts with the Postmaster General of-the United States and pay the balances quarter-yearly. 3. That, as the agent of the post department of the United States and for said department, it is to collect from the post de¬ partments of the countries in correspondence with the United States, through said office, the quarterly balances for postages ac¬ cruing to the United States post department, and is also to pay to the post departments of said countries respectively for the United States, the postages accruing therefrom to said countries, the amount therefor to be allowed by the United States post depart¬ ment to the Bremen post office, to wit: For European postages, pre¬ paid in the United States on letters sent therefrom to said countries respectively, through the Bremen post office, or collected in the United States on letters sent'from said countries unpaid to the United States; namely, to Hanover at the uniform rate lately agreed upon with Hanover, of 6 cents the single letter; to Prus-~ sia, at the uniform rate agreed upon of 12 cents the single letter, including the Hanoverian transit postage, and to the countries served by the posts of the prince of Tour and Taxis, at the like rate of 12 cents the single letter—which states are Wurtemburgh with the principality of Hohenzollern, Hesse-Ilomburgh and Meissenheim, Lippe Detmold, Reuss, Schambergh Lippe, Schwartzburgh Rudol- stadt, Schwartzburgh Sondenhausen, Hesse Darnstadt, Hesse Cas- sel, Saxe Weimar, Mecklenburgh Schwerin, Mechlinburgh Strelitz, Nassau, Saxe Altenburgh, Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Saxe Meinen- gen, and until uniform rates may be agreed upon with the follow¬ ing countries for the American correspondence, at the local transit postage, now understood to be, to Oldenburgh, 5 cents; to Bruns¬ wick, 8 cents;* to Hamburgh and Altona, 6 cents,;. Lubec, 9 cents; Kiel, 11 cents; Copenhagen and principal ports of Denmark, 22 cents; Stockholm and most ports of Sweden, 39_cents; Bergen and Christiana, in Norway, 30 cents: Cronstadt and St. .Petersburg!), in Russia, 24 cents; Saxony, 18 cents;f [the single letter in all the foregoing, it is understood, extends to the weight of an half ounce, and in the following to a quarter of an ounce only:] to Austria and her dominions in Germany, 20 cents; Baravia, 22 cents; Baden, 18 cents; Switzerland, 21 cents; Greece and Constantinople, 37 cents. 4. That the Bremen post office is to pay to the Postmaster Genera! of the United States, for postage on all unpaid letters sent from the United States to Bremen, or from the United States through Bremen to any cither country in Europe or the eastern continent, and on all letters originating in Bremen, or in any other country,-and sent through the post office of Bremen, with the postage paid to the place of destination in the United States, 24 cents per single let¬ ter, when the letter is from or to the city of New York; 29 cents * Since reduced, under the 5th clause, to 6 cents, t Since reduced, under the 5th clause, to 12 cents. \ 11 [ 25 ] per single letter, when from or to any other part of the State of New York, or from or to the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsyl¬ vania, Delaware, or Maryland, or the District of Columbia; and 34 cents per single letter, when from or to any other part of the United States, or to Canada; and at double »those rates, respec¬ tively, for double letters, that is, letters exceeding a half ounce in weight, but not exceeding an ounce, and for each further additional half ounce or fraction of an half ounce, 15 cents additional in the first case, 20 in the second, and 25 in the third case. 5. That the Bremen pcfst department is to continue its efforts for the amelioration of the postages in Germany, upon the Ameri¬ can correspondence, and for uniformity in the rates and weight. 6. That the postages actually received either when pre paid or collected, and the postages accounted for between the post depart¬ ments aforesaid, are to he, of the same rates and amount, except¬ ing the slight difference in the lower denominations of coin, which is to be so allowed as not to. operate as a loss upon the Bremen office. When pre-payment is made at less than the due rate and amount, the balance is to be charged and collected of the receiver at the office of delivery. 7. That the progression in the charge of postage is by an addi¬ tional rate of equal amount, with the single rate for each additional half ounce or quarter of an ounce of weight in the letters, or frac¬ tional part of an half ounce or quarter ounce, as the case may be 5 except with the United States sea postage, in which the triple and subsequent rates are 9 cents less each than either of the preceding rates. \ ' 8. That printed circulars, pamphlets, and newspapers are to be pre-paid to Bremen, either from the United States or from Europe, so that the same will not enter into' the international postal ac¬ counts of Bremen and the United States. But they are to be duly forwarded and delivered in Europe when sent from the United States, and in the United States- when sent from Europe, at the lowest local fates of postage in each respectively, for that spe¬ cies of mail matter, to be paid by the receiver. The United States rates of postage on printed matter are as fol¬ lows:. Circulars, sea postage, 3 cents; i( inland u 3 cents; Pamphlets, sea postage 3 cents; u inland u 2| cents for each copy not exceeding an ounce, and 1 cent for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce over a half; Newspapers, sea postage, 3 cents; u inland u 3 cents. Printed matter is to contain no writing, and is to be so folded or enveloped, that-it can be distinctly seen and examined; other¬ wise it will be rated with letter postage. Eor'transmission in the European countries, it is understood that newspapers are not to be placed in wrappers, but only in narrow bands. The postmaster of 12 [ 25 ] Bremen will acquaint the Postmaster General of the United States as soon as may be, of all special regulations affecting American newspapers and the rates of postage to which they will be subject; the two Post Departments of Bremen and the United States being will¬ ing, whenever the same can be carried into effect, to place newspapers under the privilege or paying postage through to destination, or of leaving it to be paid by the receiver. 9. That dead letters, also mis sent letters, are to be mutually returned through the Bremen office, to the Post Department of the country sending the same, after an interval of^ say two months, sooner if practicable. If the same w*ere pre-paid, their return will not constitute an item for the international postal accounts beyond that of a mere memorandum; but if they were sent-unpaid, the country returing will be allowed a cfedit equal to the charge made against it of the postage unpafd of the country from which sent. 10. That-each letter is to be marked with the stamp of the office mailing it on the face, and if from Europe with the stamp of Bremen on the back, and in case it is'‘addressed to any other office in the United States than New York, then with the stamp of New York also on the back, the better to Identify it for the accounts, in case it should be returned as dead or mis-directed. And if the letter is from the United States, it is to be stamped on the back by New- York ^nd Bremen in like manner. If it is an unpaid letter it should be marked on the face with the postage accruing to the country in which mailed, and chargeable to the country in which to be delivered. This entry should be made in figures in black ink. If the postage is pre-paid to destination, it is to be marked in red figures with that prqportion of the postage received which is to be accounted for to the country in which the letter is to be delivered, and stampedAn red u paid all.” When the United States postage only is paid on letters going to Europe, or the European postage only is paid on letters going to the United States, the letter is to be stamped in black “paid part” and the amount is not to bestated on the letter, as it does not enter into the international account. , The postmasters oDBremen and of New York will see that the entries and stamps on the letters are correct, and will supply all omissions of the mailing offices so far as in their power. ' _ 11. That the letters are to be accompanied at each mailing with a letter ball, similar to the form annexed, marked A. The post¬ master of New York or of Bremen, as-the case may be, is to com¬ pare and correct the same, when erroneous, by the verification. And with each mailing send an acknowledgement of the receipt of the preceding mail received from the other office similar to the form annexed marked B. Said letter bill, accompanied by the re¬ ceipt of the previous mail, is to be placed with the letters for the / Bremen delivery and for the New York delivery,'respectively. It should be printed on red paper to enable it the more readily to be distinguished and obtained at the opening of the mails. 12. That the matter for the Bremen delivery is to be made up separately, as is also the matter for the city of New York. Fur- 13 - [ 25 ] ther divisions can hereafter be made in mailing for the better con¬ venience of the offices of Bremen and New York, as fuller expe¬ rience shall suggest. 13. That a separate bag between New York a_nd Hamburgh, being provided in the agreement, the matter between those places will be so made up and sent, restricted, however, to the United States matter for Hamburgh alone, and the matter originating only in Hamburgh. The postmaster of New York will state the Ham¬ burgh matter in fhe letter bill to Bremen, and send an extract to the postmaster of Hamburgh, and the postmaster of Hamburgh will furnish the postmaster of Bremen with the verification ‘of the let¬ ter bill, and also a copy of his letter bill to New York. 14. That the postmaster general of the United States may super¬ cede or modify the foregoing by other or further regulations, pro¬ vided the same are not inconsistent with the articles of agreement executed by him, and by senator A. Duckwitz, in behalf of the, Post Office Department of the republic of Bremen, respectively, in March and June last. Proposed by S. R. HOBB1E, , First Assistant Postmaster General , and special agent for this purpose of the Postmaster General of the United States. Bremen, September 13, 1847. The “ Regulations for the international postal arrangements, agreejd upon between the United States and Bremen, 55 proposed to the undersigned department by the honorable Major Hobbie, First Assistant Postmaster General, under date of the I3th September, have been received, and will be followed by the Bremen postmas¬ ter, as far as depends upon the Bremen post administration. Bremen, 18th September , 1847^ The Post Office Department of the Hanseatic republic of Bremen . A. DUCKWITZ. Memorandum. —A question having been raised and submitted to the Postmaster General of the United States respecting the postage in Bremen, and compensation to that office, and the same decided so as to have “the regulations 55 unchanged, the charge of 2 cents postage in Bremen was formally relinquished by r ' ' GUILDEMEISTER, Senator and chief of the postal department , Bremen. * And the regulations were duly confirmed in a notice to the pub¬ lic and instructions to postmasters, published March 1, 1848, by C. JOHNSON, Postmaster Generals [ 25 ] - 14 • [ FORM A. ] — BY STEAMER. . • - u LETTER BILL for s • / the correspondence between of America and Bremen. the United States y Post Office, City of New York ,- —-. The following articles are sent herewith, th£ receipt of which, it is requested, may be acknowledged, viz : - . — ' V 'X Statement by the New York office. Verification by the Bremen office. ' / / - " o u S Amount. < 4-4 O M g © « Amount. - \. t - 5 ts CJ i—i 6 Dolls. Cts. 4_) s s a — Dolls. Cts. A.— To be placed to the credit of the United States Post Office Department. \ 1. Letters for other countries than Bremen, upon which the United States postage is unpaid - 2. Letters for Bremen, upon which the United States postage is unpaid 3. Mis-sent, re-directed, and returned letters re¬ ceived from Bremen, on which the United States has been charged with foreign postage ; * X - ■ * B .—To be debited to the United States Post Office Department. ,s \ 1. Letters upon which European postage is paid through to destination Number. Number. C.— Articles that do not enter into the accounts between the two countries. * / 1. Letters upon which only the United States postage is paid .... 2. Newspapers 3. Pamphlets ..... 4. Mail bags, (giving their number) * - r ■ ■ -a S ROBERT H. MORRIS, P . M . 15 [ FORM A. j [ 25 ] BY STEAMER. . : LETTER BILL for the correspondence between Bremen and the United States of America. Post Office, Bremen. -,-. The following articles are sent herewith, the receipt of which, it is requested, may be acknowledged, viz : -*• * Statement by the Bremen office. Verification by the New York office. II. .»» - - ) S o CO >-* © © Amount. u-i o . to Jr* >-i © O) Amount. \ a s & Dolls Cts.. a © s —• 55 Dolls. Cts. A. — To be placed to the credit of the Bremen Post Office. s 1. Letters for other places in the United States than New York, upon which European post¬ age is unpaid - 2. Letters for New York, upon which the Euro- . pean postage is unpaid 3. Mis-sent, re-directed, and returned letters re¬ ceived from the United States, on which European postage has been charged • • B.— To be debited to the Bremen Post Office. 1. Letters upon which United States postage is paid through to destination - — /" Number. Number. 4- _ \ C.— Articles that do not enter into the accounts between the two countries. ♦ * 1. Letters upon which only European postage is paid - 2. Newspapers - 3. Pamphlets - 4. Mail bags, (giving their number) • - [ 25 ] . 16 [ FORM E. ] ACKNO WLED GMEJYT OF RECEIPT for the correspondence , ' , $'c. f betwee?i Bremen and the United States. ' Post Office, City of New York , - —, 184—. The mail from Bremen of the ---, has been received, con¬ taining and accompanied by the following articles, viz: 1 *, \ Statement by the Bremen office. Verification by the New York office. ■ . *— * ., ’ i -^4 O w £ Amount. N . ° . s* W Q) h % Amount. v c T t | . * v ■ ’ | » £ C O) P —* ft Dolls Cts. £ Dolls. Cts. A.—'To be placed to the credit of Bremen. • 1. Letters from countries other than Bremen, on which the European postage to Bremen was unpaid ..... 2. Mis-sent, re directed and returned letters re¬ ceived from the United States l - B. — To be placed to the debit of Bremen. " 1. Letters from other countries than Bremen, upon which the United States postage is paid ...... 2, Letters from Bremen upon which the United States postage is paid « / . - • '. s / Number. Number. • C. — Articles that do not enter into the accounts between the two countries: - - % ]. Letters on which European postage is paid, and the United States postage unpaid 2. Newspapers ..... 3. Pamphlets ..... 4. Mail bags, (giving their number.) # ROBERT H. MORRIS, Postmaster.. 17 / [ 25 ] r FORM B. 1 ft ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT for the correspondence , S)'c.f between the United States and Bremen. Post Office, Bremen , •, 184—. The mail from New York of the --, has been received, con¬ taining and accompanied by the following articles, viz: t- ■ ■' - *!• -J. •>>W. , L - r tS' 11 '10 n .nq iii 3ial SOvtiiS • • < \ A,—.To be placed to the credit of the Bremen post office. 1. Letters for other places in the United States * than New York, upon which European post¬ age is unpaid ■ * 2. Letters for New York upon which the Euro¬ pean postage is unpaid 3. Mis-sent, re-directed and returned letters, re¬ ceived from the United States, on which the European postage lias been charged - B._ To be debited to the Bremen post office. I. Letters upon which United States postage is paid through to destination - rot * C .—Articles that do not enter into the accounts between the two countries. 1. Letters upon which only European postage is paid - 2. Newspapers 3. Pamphlets - / ‘ 4. Mail bags, (giving their number,) Statement by the Bremen office. Verification by the New York office. - IM 52 .SS g S 3 — Amount. Dolls. Cts Number. . C/? o £ rd £ 3 3 — 1 ' jj banii - --W 6 ' ■ ‘ ' K ) ,'g ~i i ' v- Amount. Dolls. HA iji vr.V: •Jin "-*•» Cts. Number. 1 ," ini .soorrjv 1 - f .£Ki.?0 J> 13J ■ tl : ’ ■ ' t- ‘ OlJUEtvJ -O I [ 25 ] 18 ' [ EXHIBIT D. | BREMEN LINE. > * * *- - - ru v r>wvf>v*.M n • i : - ••- ) 0 t % '5 ti I .—Foreign postage to be charged in addition to American postage. 1. Altona Bremen Brunswick Cassel Coburgh Darmstadt .Frankfort-on-the-Maii Gotha H amburgh Hanover - - Hesse Hamburgh ' Kiel':. Lippe Detmold Lubcc - Mecklinburgh Schwerin Mecklinburgh Strelitz Nassau Oldenburgh Prussia, (kingdom and pro vinces) Reuss - Saxe Altenburgh Saxe Meiningen Saxe Weimar Saxony, (kingdom) Schaumburg Lippe Sehwartzburg lteidolstadt Schwartzburg Sunderhausen Wurtemburg, (kingdom) 2. Denmark—Copenhagen and furthest parts Norway—Bergen, Christina, and furthest parts St. Petersburg or Cronstadt - Sweden—Stockholm and fur : thest parts - - 3. Alexandria - Austria, (empire and pro vinces) Baden Basle and other parts of Swi' zerland Bavaria - ; Cairo - Constantinople Greece Italy, eastern towns of 6 cents. Nothing. 6 cents. 12 (f 12 ll 12 cc 12 cc 12 cc 6 cc 6 ic 12 cc 11 u f 12 cc 9 CC 12 cc 12 (( 12 el 5 12 el 12 l! 12 Cl t '• 12 t ( ' 12 ll 12 a 12 Cl 12 it 12 C S 12' (C 22 cents. 30 ii 24 Cl * 39 U 37 cents. 13 ii 18 "u 21 1C 22 ll 37 Cl 37 ic O I ' 37 tc 18 tc ID‘I u SMi Single letters limited to half an ounce in, ( weight, and postage may be pre-paid or* ^ left unpaid, or the United States post¬ age alone may be pre-paid, at the dption of the sender. ant doidvy no :' * :>* anti t hi ue ■ *3jSi'S La: tjsdo n jad s no Wv-J 'Vi'irey • i postage only pre-paid. . "l O' *T ‘ * States postage only should be pre-paid. «- 4. Newspapers and printed matter one-fourth of the letter rates, and to be placed in naw row bands without any writing whatever on them. f • ' 19 [ 25 ] [ EXHIBIT D. ]—Continued, ■ If.— United States postage. 1. Letter packet postage is 24 cents single ■) ietter not exceeding half an ounce, in ! addition to inland, which is 5 or 10 j cents, according to distance. ) 2. Newspaper and pamphlet packet postage' 3 cents each, in addition to inland, wdiich is 2| cents for each pamphlet not ex* ceeding 1 ounce, and 1 cent for each ad- ( dilional ounce or fraction, and 3 cents a } newspaper. y j Can be pre-paid or left unpaid, according (o the places to which addressed. (See the foregoing lists and the remarks made op¬ posite to them. Must be pre-paid in all cases. Post Office Department, Contract Office, -—, 1349, I * /, ' I S. R. HOBBIE, First Assist, P. M- General \ v ■( 0