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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. [100]. MARCH 1, 1817.

Washington: 1817. 9pp, disbound, Very Good. R.L. Meigs, the Postmaster General, advises that his office adheres to the statutory requirement that mail be transported every day. Thus the "mail now passes every day in the week, from Portsmouth, N.H. to Savannah, in Georgia, without resting on the Sabbath; and the same practice prevails" elsewhere in the country. FIRST EDITION. AI 42736 [2]. Item #4472

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