[DOC] [TLE] State of the Union 1847 < James Knox Polk < Presidents < American ... [PAR] It is in a country thus favored, and under a Government in which the ... the act of 
the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the ... 
Whenever and wherever our forces have encountered the enemy, though he was 
...... The public debt due on the 4th of March, 1845, including Treasury notes, was
... [DOC] [TLE] State of the Union 1848 < James Knox Polk < Presidents < American ... [PAR] The Government and people of the United States hailed with enthusiasm ..... and 
liberal grants made to the early emigrants who have settled or may settle upon 
them. .... Under this system the public finances have been carried through a 
foreign .... years immediately preceding the passage of the act of the 3d of March, 
1845,... [DOC] [TLE] History of the United States Merchant Marine - Wikipedia [PAR] The maritime history of the United States is a broad theme within the history of the 
United States ... In fact, it may be cheaper to hire other nations to handle the 
carrying trade .... The favorable features of the old Navigation Acts which had 
granted ..... On March 3, 1845, Congress authorized the Postmaster General to 
invite... [DOC] [TLE] Pacific Mail Steamship Company - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded April 18, 1848, as a joint 
stock company ... During the American Civil War the ships of the Pacific Mail, that 
carried the gold and silver of the western ... SS Ecuador (18501853): Built for 
the Pacific Steam Navigation Company in 1845 for the Callao  Guayaquil  
Panama... [DOC] [TLE] Acts of the Fortieth Congress of the United States - Library of Congress [PAR] Joint Resolution of Congress of March 3, 1845 (Vol. V., p. 798) ... Wreck of 
Steamship Scotland. ... Government of the Rebel States," passed March second, 
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, .... An act to carry into effect the convention 
with the republic ..... An act to further provide for giving effect to the various grants 
of public. [DOC] [TLE] Ulysses S. Grant: Fourth Annual Message - The American ... [PAR] Her Majesty's Government has communicated to me the appreciation by Her .... of 
the provincial governments have passed laws to carry the provisions of the ..... 
From March 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872, 94,895,348.94 .... The following are the 
only steamship lines now receiving subsidies for mail service under special acts 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Publication 100 - The United States Postal Service An ... - about USPS [PAR] 18th century; steamboats, trains, and automobiles in the 19th century; and planes
, letter sorting ... We have worked with customers to better understand and serve 
their changing .... In 1707, the British government .... to carry mail on heavily 
traveled routes, .... between Post Offices to subsidize ..... An Act of March 3, 1845, 
took. [DOC] [TLE] National Maritime Policy: CQR [PAR] U.S.-flag tramp ships are carrying less than 6 per cent of American foreign 
commerce of the dry ... Probably the first direct federal subsidy was paid in 1845. 
... with preference given to steamships that could be converted into vessels of war
. .... Since the 1936 act took effect, operating subsidies have cost the government 
$2.1... [DOC] [TLE] Introduction to Independent Mails - Robert Siegel Auctions [PAR] May 5, 2016 ... Letter-carrying firms of the 1843-1845 period declared themselves ... The result 
was the Act of March 3, 1845, which reduced and simplified government ... Hale 
and Pomeroy, the U.S. Post Office Department might have ... of carrying this class 
of mail was heavily subsidized by postage .... Steamboats oper-. [DOC] [TLE] OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. - Subsidies to American Steamship ... [PAR] The system of providing subsidies for ocean steamship mail service was first ... 
By an act passed on the 3d of March 1847, contracts were entered into for the ... 
All the regular ocean lines have ceased to exist. ... British Government to run five 
steamers from Liverpool to Boston, via Halifax, for an annual subsidy of $

Question: A March 1845 act gave government subsidies to steamships that carried this
Answer: the mail