"The Post Office Department is like a great root spreading many feet under ground and nourishing the mighty oak. It is…"

"Belshazzar had a letter,— He never had but one; Belshazzar's correspondence Concluded and begun In that immortal copy…"

"Carrier of news and knowledge Instrument of trade and industry Promoter of mutual acquaintance Of peace and of goodwi…"

"'s innovations—charging by weight (instead of number of letter sheets), prepayment, and a uniform low rate of postage…"

"It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the r…"

"Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, That well-known name awakens all my woes."

"Line after line my gushing eyes o'erflow, Led thro' a sad variety of woe: Now warm in love, now with'ring in my bloom…"

"Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid."

"We beg leave to transport the reader to the back-parlour of the post-master's house at Fairport, where his wife, he h…"

"The letter is too long by half a mile."