. The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished. ss was not so brisk in Berry and Lincolns gro-cery, even after the license was granted, that the junior part-ner did not welcome an appointment as postmaster which hereceived in May, 1833. The appointment of a Whig by aDemocratic administration seems to have been made withoutcomment. The office was too insignificant to make his poli-tics an objection, say his autobiographical notes. The du-ties of the new office were not arduous, for letters were few,and their
. The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished. ss was not so brisk in Berry and Lincolns gro-cery, even after the license was granted, that the junior part-ner did not welcome an appointment as postmaster which hereceived in May, 1833. The appointment of a Whig by aDemocratic administration seems to have been made withoutcomment. The office was too insignificant to make his poli-tics an objection, say his autobiographical notes. The du-ties of the new office were not arduous, for letters were few,and their comings far between. At that date the mails werecarried by four-horse post-coaches from city to city, and onhorseback from central points into the country towns. The RUNS FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 97 rates of postage were high. A single-sheet letter carriedthirty miles or under cost six cents; thirty to eighty miles,ten cents; eighty to one hundred and fifty miles, twelve andone-half cents; one hundred and fifty to four hundred miles,eighteen and one-half cents; over four hundred miles. ^ Q%^ ^ykoA^yt J>a.^(^ AoaJ^a^ C £*- ^*^oL.
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