Year	Distance	Single 2 letter	Double 2 letter	Triple 2 letter	Quadruple letters 2	Drop letters
					or packets
1789	Rates continued from Ordinance of 1782 en-	See Appendix A	See Appencix A	See Appendix A	See Appendix A
	acted by Continental Congress.
1792	Not over 30 miles	6 cents	Double single weight	Triple single weight	Rate of 4 single letters
					for each ounce
	31 to 60 miles	8 cents..............................	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	61 to 100 miles	10 cents.............................	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	101 to 150 miles	12 1/2 cents......................	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	151 to 200 miles	15 cents	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	201 to 250 miles	17 cents	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	251 to 350 miles	20 cents..........................	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	351 to 450 miles	22 cents..........................	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
	Over 450 miles	25 cents	.....do.............................	.....do.............................	.....do..............................	..........
1794	.....do...................	.....do..............................3	Double single weight 3	Triple single weight 3	Rate of 4 single letters	..........
					for each ounce. 3	1 cent. 4
1799	Not over 40 miles	8 cents............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	41 to 90 miles	10 cents..........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	91 to 150 miles	12 1/2 cents...................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	151 to 300 miles	17 cents.........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	301 to 500 miles	20 cents.......................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	Over 500 miles	25 cents......................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
1815	.....do.......................................	50 percent increase	50 percent increase	50 percent increase	50 percent increase	50 percent increase
1816	.....do.......................................	Above increase repealed	Above increase repealed	Above increase repealed	Above increase repealed	Above increase repealed
1816	Not over 30 miles	6 cents...........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................
	31 to 80 miles	10 cents.........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................
	81 to 150 miles	12 1/2 cents..................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................
	151 to 400 miles	18 1/2 cents 5...............	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................
	Over 400 miles	25 cents........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................
1845	Not over 300 miles	5 cents..........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do.............................6	2 cents
	Over 300 miles	10 cents.........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
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1851	Not over 3,000 miles (prepaid)	3 cents............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	1 cent
	Not over 3,000 miles (not prepaid)	5 cents............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	Over 3,000 miles (prepaid)	6 cents............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	Over 3,000 miles (not prepaid)	10 cents..........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
1855	Not over 3,000 miles	3 cents...........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
	Over 3,000 miles	10 cents..........................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	Do.
1860	......do...............................................................	.....do................................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	.....do..............................	1 cents each including
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