Quarterly post office account
Collection: National Postal Museum
Object type: Employee Gear
Date: 1818
Medium: paper; ink
Dimensions: Height x Width: 6 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (16.51 × 41.91 cm)
Description: Post Office quarterly account ending April 1, 1818 with postage rates for 1814 and front totals end in 9.40 1/2 for Kingston, NH; printed form filled in by postmaster
Dr. The POST-OFFICE at _____
in account current with the GENERAL POST-OFFICE from _____
to _____
Cr.
   DOLLARS. CTS. DOLLARS. CTS.     1 To postage of letters which remained in the office last quarter, - - - - 0 01 1/4 7 By postage of letters overcharged and mis-sent this quarter, - - - - 0 37 1/2   2 To postage of unpaid letters received from other offices this quarter, - - - - 8 33 3/4 8 By postage of dead letters sent to the General Post-Office ditto, - - - - 0 32 1/2   3 To postage of way letters received at this office 0 ditto, - - - - 9 By postage of letters now remaining in this office, - - - - 0 53 3/4   4 To postage of letters undercharged from other offices 0 ditto, - - - - 10 Balance carried down, - - - - 9 41   5 To postage of 0 ship letters at 9 cents each, originally rec'd at this office for this delivery, - - - -   6 To postage of paid letters sent from this office, ditto, - - - - 1 66   10 65 1/2   11 To balance as above, being the amount of postage collected on letters this quarter, - - - - 9 41   12 To amount of postage on newspapers and pamphlets this quarter, - - - - 0 9 1/2 14 By commission on 9 D. 41 1/2 C. Letter Postage at 20 per cent. 2.82   13 Deduct postage of dead newspapers and pamphlets, - - - - By ditto on 0 D. 0 C. Letter Postage at 17 per cent.   15 By ditto on 0 D. 9 C. News-paper Postage at 20 per cent. 4 1/2 2 86 1/2   16 By 6 free letters delivered out of this office this quarter, at one cent each, 6   By 8 free letters forwarded by account of mails sent, at one cent each, 8   By 0 ship letters paid for this quarter, as by receipts herewith, at two cents each,   By cash paid the mail carrier for 3 way letters, at one cent each, 3   By contingent expenses, as by receipts herewith, 33   Balance due to the General Post-Office - - - - 0 50   6 04                                                                                                                                                                                                      
RATES OF POSTAGE,
According to an Act of Congress, passed December 23, 1814.
On Single Letters.
   Cents.     For any distance not exceeding 40 miles, 12   Over 40 miles and not exceeding 90 do. 15   Over 90 do. 150 do. 18 \frac{3}{4}   Over 150 do. 300 do. 25 \frac{1}{2}   Over 300 do. 500 do. 30   Over 500 - - - - - 37 \frac{1}{2}  
Ship Letters,
Not carried by post, are charged with 9 cents.
Newspapers,
   Carried not exceeding 100 miles, or any distance within the state in which they are printed, - - - 1 \frac{1}{4} cents.   Carried out of the state, and over 100 miles, - - - 2 \frac{1}{4} do.  
Magazines and Pamphlets.
   Cents.     For any distance not over 50 miles, for each sheet, - 1 \frac{1}{4}   Over 50 and not exceeding 100 miles, - - - 2 \frac{1}{4}   Over 100 miles, - - - - - 3  
by Alex. L. ending Apr. 1. 1818