Cincinnati / York / New Bedford / Albany / Trenton / Louisville / Nassau / Newark / Chelsea / Paterson / Roxbury / Poughkeepsie / Manchester / Philadelphia / Washington / D.C. / Pittsburg / Lowell / Newburyport / Hartford / Cleveland / Washington / Lawrence / Reading / Brooklyn / Cambridgeport / New York City / Hoboken / Utica / St. Louis / Wheeling / Syracuse / Lancaster / Worcester / Marblehead / Salem / Bath / Boston / Baltimore / New York / Newport / Wilmington / Frederick / Providence / Troy / Jersey City / Germantown / Charlestown / New Haven / Norristown / Williamsburg / /
Company
Nashua / Allegheny / Postal Improvement Company / J. S. Mason & Co. / /
Country
United States / Columbia / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
telephone industries / separate carrier fees / telephone orders / carrier service / collection services / carrier fee era / carrier delivery letters / free carrier service / free delivery carrier service / /
Organization
New York Post Office / U.S. government / House Letter-Box Commission / U.S. Post Office Department / Congress / Carrier Service / /
Person
Like Harrison / Alfred D. Cushing / Alexander Mitchell / Letter Boxes / Albert S. Burleson / John Wanamaker / Benjamin Harrison / Clifford J. Alexander / John Ringen / /
Position
President / Postmaster General of the United States / passing collector / author / editor / Postmaster General / model / /
ProvinceOrState
West Virginia / Ohio / Maine / New York / Connecticut / Missouri / Rhode Island / New Jersey / Kentucky / Maryland / Pennsylvania / Delaware / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / /
HOUSEHOLD LETTER BOXES REVOLUTIONIZE LETTER CARRIER SERVICE By Clifford J. Alexander July 1, 1863 marked the end of the carrier fee era. On that day, the U.S. Post Office Department ceased charging the public for collect