Pittsburgh in 1816 / Compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Granting of the City Charter

Post-Office

POST-OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT.

Arrival and Departure
of the
MAILS,
At the Post-Office—Pittsburgh

The Eastern Mail arrives on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, and closes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 8 o'clock A.M.

The Western Mail arrives on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and closes on Sunday at sunset, and Wednesday and Friday at 1 o'clock P.M.

The Beaver Mail arrives on Monday evening, and closes the same day at sun-set.

The Erie Mail arrives on Monday evening and closes the same day at sun-set.

The Steubenville Mail arrives on Sunday and Wednesday evenings, and closes same days at sun-set.

The Huntingdon Mail, via Ebensburgh and Indiana, arrives on Tuesday, and closes same day at half past twelve P.M….

As there are several places of the same name in the United States, it is necessary that the directions should be particular, the states should be distinguished, and, where it might otherwise be doubtful, the counties….

Those who send letters may either pay the postage in advance, or leave it to be paid by their correspondents.

Rates of Postage For Single Letters
				Cents
For	any distance not exceeding	40	miles	12
	Over 40 and not exceeding	90	do	15
	Over 90 and not exceeding	150	do	18¾
	Over 150 and not exceeding	300	do	25½
	Over	500		37½

Pittsburgh directory, 1815.

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