The page provides copies of selected documents which are relied upon in
articles posted on this website but which are generally inaccessible to
scholars. Many of the documents are retyped from original sources;
notification of errors in transcription would be greatly appreciated.
Additional materials will be posted in response to reasonable requests. This
page is divided into the following sections
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Mar 1845
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Postal Act of 1845
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Feb 1863
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POD, Draft postal code of
1863
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Jun 1872
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Postal code of
1872
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Aug 1873
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POD, Assistant Attorney General, Opinion
No 14 (Aug 1, 1973), 1 Ops Sol POD 36 (pub 1905)
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Jun 1878
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Universal Postal Convention of 1878
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Jun 1881
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Attorney General, Opinion of
Jun 29, 1881
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Jul 1885
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POD, Assistant Attorney General, Opinion
No 470 (Jul 10, 1885), 2 Ops Sol POD 40 (pub 1905)
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Jan 1897
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POD, Assistant Attorney General, Opinion of Jan. 7, 1897 (unnumbered)
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Feb 1897
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POD, Second Assistant Postmaster General, "Orders and Decisions Relative to Railroad Mail Matter"
(Feb 6, 1897).
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Apr 1898
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POD, Assistant Attorney General, Opinion No. 1141
(Apr 29, 1898), 3 Ops. Sol. POD 211 (pub. 1909)
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Apr 1909
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POD, Assistant Attorney General, Opinion No. 1141
(Apr 29, 1898), 3 Ops Sol POD 211 (pub 1909).
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May 1909
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POD, Assistant Attorney General, Opinion of May 18, 1909, 5 Ops. Sol. POD 193 (pub. 1928)
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Mar 1916
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POD, Solicitor, Opinion of
Mar 10, 1916, 6 Ops Sol POD 373 (pub 1928).
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May 1916
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POD, Solicitor, Opinion of May 5, 1916, 6 Ops. Sol. POD 397 (pub. 1928)
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Jun 1918
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POD, Solicitor, Opinion of June 22, 1918, 6 Ops. Sol. POD 619 (pub. 1928)
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Aug 1919
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Postmaster General, Letter to Chairman, House
Comm on Post Office and Post Roads, Aug 18, 1919 (unpub).
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Jul 1973
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Postal Service, "Restrictions on Private Carriage of Letters," 38 FR 17512
(Jul 2, 1973) (notice of proposed rulemaking).
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Jan 1974
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Postal Service, "Restrictions on Private Carriage of Letters," 39 FR 3968
(Jan 31, 1974) (revised notice of proposed rulemaking).
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Sep 1974
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Postal Service, "Comprehensive Standards for Permissible Private Carriage," 39 FR 33209
(Sep 16, 1974) (adoption of final rule)
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Nov 1974
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Postal Service,
letter to mailer, Nov 22, 1974, re lack of authority to suspend criminal
laws creating postal monopoly
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May 1986
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President
Reagan, letter to Postmaster General, May 1, 1986 re remail and 1984 UPU
Convention
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May 1988
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Department
of Justice, letter to OMB, May 1, 1988, re terminal dues
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Aug 1994
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President
Clinton, letter to Postmaster
General, Aug 14, 1994, delegating authority to represent U.S. at 1994 UPU
Congress
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Oct 1995
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Postal Service,
letter to House Subcommittee on the Postal Service, Oct. 25, 1995, re
authority to suspend postal monopoly
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Jul 1988
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Customs Service.
"A Review of U.S. Customs Treatment: International Express Mail& Express Consignment
Shipments," Jul 13, 1998
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Oct 1998
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Public Law 105–277,
Oct 21, 1998, transferring authority to represent the U.S. at the UPU to
the Dept of State and for other purposes
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Dec 1998
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U.S. House Comm. on Government Reorm
and Oversight, Title 39, United States Code, U.S. Postal Service and
Selected Additional Provisions of Law, 105th Cong., 2d Sess. Print No.
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Jan 1999
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FDX Corp,
Draft Proposals to Amend the Acts of the UPU at the Congress in
Beijing, Jan 14, 1999
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Jan 1999
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Postal
Service, public presentation on terminal dues, Jan 26,
1999
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Feb 1999
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United
States, Proposal to convene an Extraordinary Congress in 2001 to reform
the UPU, Feb 1999
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Apr 1999
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Postal
Service, "Comments of the United States Postal Service on
the Proposal of FDX Corporation to Amend Article 40 of the UPU Convention,"
Apr 2, 1999
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Apr 1999
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H.R. 22, 106th
Cong, 1st Sess, as reported by the House Postal Service,
Apr 29, 1999
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Apr 1999
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Postal Laws of the United States
showing amendments proposed by H.R. 22
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May 1999
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Postal
Service, letter to Dept of State re proposals to reform terminal dues and
reform provisions of UPU, May 14, 1999
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Sep 1999
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United
States, statement, reservations, and declarations on signing UPU
Convention of 1999, Sep
15, 1999
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Apr 2002
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Postal
Service, Transformation Plan. Complete report, 6.2 Mb. (Jim Campbell
contributed to this report as a consultant.)
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Jul 2003
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Presidential
Commission on the United States Postal Service, Embracing the Future:
Making the Tough Choices to Preserve Universal Service (2003). Final
report of the Commission. Bookmarked version. Complete report, 6.2 Mb.
(Jim Campbell contributed to this report as a consultant.)
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Feb 2006
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Side-by-Side of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 22, “The Postal
Accountability and Enhancement Act” (Feb. 25, 2006). A full text comparison
of the bill as approved by the House of Representatives and placed on the
Senate calendar on July 27, 2005, H.R. 22 PCS ("Placed Calendar Senate"),
and the bill as later approved and engrossed in the Senate with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute on February 9, 2006, HR 22 EAS (Engrossed
Amendment Senate).
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Jan 2007
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Title 39 Markup: Title 39,
United States Code, Showing Changes by The Postal Accountability And
Enhancement Act Of 2006 (Ver. 1.0, Jan. 3, 2007).
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Jan 2007
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Title 39 as Amended:
Title 39, United States Code As Amended by The Postal Accountability And
Enhancement Act Of 2006 (Ver. 1.0, Jan. 3, 2007).
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Mar 2007
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Title 39 as Amended:
Title 39, United States Code As Amended by The Postal Accountability And
Enhancement Act Of 2006 (Ver. 2.0, Mar 12, 2007). Based upon the slip
law, Pub. L. 109-435, 120 Stat. 3198-3263. Includes provisions of the PAEA
codified in the slip law as notes to Title 39, United States Code, and
selected uncodified provisions of the PAEA.
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