The beginnings of the true railway mail service : and the work of George B. Armstrong in founding it.

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Author / Creator:Armstrong, George Buchanan, 1852-
Imprint:[Chicago] : Lakeside Press, 1906.
Description:84 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 20 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3580033
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Notes:"Printed for private circulation."
"A word of comment" signed: Geo. B. Armstrong, Jr.
Other form:Online version: Armstrong, George Buchanan, 1852- Beginnings of the true railway mail service. [Chicago] : Lakeside Press, 1906
Online version: Armstrong, George Buchanan, 1852- Beginnings of the true railway mail service. [Chicago] : Lakeside Press, 1906
Online version: Armstrong, George Buchanan, 1852- Beginnings of the true railway mail service. [Chicago] : Lakeside Press, 1906
Table of Contents:
  • A word of comment / Geo. B. Armstrong, Jr.
  • The true railway mail service (official history, issued in January, 1885)
  • Impressive personal testimony. Francis A. Eastman ; John B. Harlow ; James E. White ; James E. Stuart ; William P. Campbell ; M.J. McGrath ; Charles R. Harrison ; Jerome B. Johnson ; Percy A. Leonard ; R.F. McCullough ; John A. Montgomery ; Hiram J. Skeels ; Maurice Crean ; Nelson G. Summerfield ; Manning S. Poole ; John E. Thomas ; Edgar Isbell ; Isaac A. Crane
  • An historic letter (from the Chicago Post Office Bulletin, November 4, 1899)
  • Schuyler Colfax's address : oration of the ex-Vice-President of the United States at the dedication of the George B. Armstrong Monument in Chicago, in May, 1881
  • Early days if the Railway Mail Service : address delivered by Postmaster E.W. Keyes of Madison, Wisconsin at a banquet given to Postmaster-General Smith in Chicago
  • Letters on postal reform : a proposed change in the economy of the Postal Service of the United States, by George B. Armstrong, Chicago, Ill.
  • The Davis claim : its utter absurdity fully exposed.