Text Box: Table II. - FIRST-CLASS MAIL SHIP AND STEAMBOAT LETTERS 1792-1863 (1) Text Box: (As applicable to domestic mail)
Text Box: Dots (...)=Absence of rate. Dashes (---)=Continuance of rate.
Description of service 1792 1799 1815(2) 1816 1825 1861
Letters or packets conveyed by sea to and from United States
  or between United States ports in vessels owned or provided
  by United States
   Single letter..................................................................................................... 8 cents each....... (---) 50 percent increase Previous 50 per (---) (---)
16 cents each..... (---) on all rates  cent increase re-
24 cents each.... (---)  pealed
Letters or packets conveyed wholly or partly in steamers or ... ... ... ... ... 2 cents each, plus
  steamships over any route upon which mail is regularly con-    ordinary postage
  veyed in other vessels under contract with Post Office De-
 partment.
Letters or packets brought into United States or carried between
   United States ports by sea in private vessels:
    For delivery at place of arrival................................................................. 4 cents each....... 6cents each.... 50 percent increase Previous 50 per- (---) 5 cents each
   For delivery at othr than place of arrival 4 cents each, plus 2 cents each, plus on all rates   cent increase re-
   ordinary postage   ordinary postage    pealed. (---) 2 cents each, plus
  ordinary postage
For reception of letters or packets to be conveyed by vessel ... ... ... ... 1 cent (---)
  beyond sea or between Unitd States ports (3)
Text Box: (1). See Table I for rates after 1863.  No change in rates between 1861 and 1863. (2). An increase of 50 percent on all postage rates was made effective Feb 1, 1815. The increase was occasioned by the War of 1812 as a revenue measure.  It was repealed, effective April 1, 1816. (3). This 1 cents accrued to the postmaster receiving the letter or packet.