1861 Diary of Reverend Cheeseman

ALMANAC FOR 1861. [calendar for the year is presented] Geo. U. Rand & Avery, Printers, 3 Cornhill, Boston.

RATES OF POSTAGE.

Domestic and Inland Postage.

LETTERS not exceeding ½ oz., within 3,000 miles, 3 cents prepaid, in all cases; over 3,000 miles, 10 cents. --- If conveyed wholly or partly by sea, and to and from a foreign country, 10 cents within and 20 cents over 2,500 miles, unless otherwise fixed by treaty, &c. Every additional ½ oz. or fraction carries an additional postage. Penny-post delivery to and from post-office, 1 or 2 cents.

VALUABLE LETTERS will be registered on the application of the person posting the same, and the payment of a registration fee of five cents.

NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, unsealed CIRCULARS, or other articles of printed matter, (except books,) when sent to any part of the United States, and weighing not over 3 oz., 1 cent; and for every additional oz. or part thereof, 1 cent. if within the State, and not weighing over 1½ oz., ½ cent.

BOOKS, bound or unbound, not weighing over 4lbs., for any distance under 3,000 miles, 1 cent per oz.; over that distance, 2 cents per oz.

The above must be all prepaid; if not, double these rates.

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Federal Value of Foreign Coins.

ENGLAND.

$ Cts. M. Gold .....{ Guinea,......................................................5 00 0 { Sovereign,..................................................4 84 0 Silver.....{Crown,.......................................................1 10 0 {Shilling,...................................................... 22 0

FRANCE.

Gold.....{ Louis-d'or,..................................................4 51 6 { Napoleon,..................................................3 84 1 Silver....{ Five Franc.................................................. 93 0 { Franc,........................................................ 18 6 { Livre,......................................................... 18 6

SPAIN.

Gold.....{Doubloon,.................................................15 60 0 {Pistole,.......................................................3 90 0