The U.S. Postal Service’s Historian has produced these data compilations: Rates for Domestic Letters, 1863-2009 (pdf) (rtf) Rates for Domestic Letters, 1792-1863 (pdf) (rtf) Rates for Stamped Cards and Postcards, 1873-2009 (pdf) (rtf) Pieces of Mail Handled, Number of Post Offices, Income, and Expenses, 1789 to 2008 (pdf) (htm) Number of Employees, 1926 to 2008 […]
The U.S. Postal Service’s Historian has produced this table on the number of post offices. The table includes those facilities listed as post offices in the annual reports. It does not include other post office type facilitites, such as classified branches and classified stations. Here are the USPS”s definitions of a few of these facilities: […]
According to the National Endowment for the Humanitites (NEH): The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) is a partnership between the NEH, the Library of Congress (LC), and state projects to provide enhanced access to United States newspapers published between 1836 and 1922. Currently, the NDNP is offering a prototype of the 1836-1922 project. It is […]
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) provides the following information online: USPS testimony before Congress USPS speeches USPS press releases USPS financial information including: Annual reports Comprehensive statements and 5 year plans 10Q (quarterly reports) 10K forms FY2009 appropriations request (December 11, 2007) Source: U.S. Postal Service website.
Title 39 of the U.S. Code is devoted to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Most laws on the USPS can be found there, though some postal laws also may be found in Title 18, and other references to the “postal service” may be found throughout the U.S. Code.
The Office of the Secretary of the Senate has a web page that provides data on vetoes and their individual histories. The web page also includes information on the process by which Congress may override a veto.