Not as a tax, but as a regulation and conveniency; every assembly encouraged it, and supported it in its infancy, by grants of money, which they would not otherwise have done; and the people have always paid the postage.
Franklin clarifies that the post-office is viewed as a regulation rather than a tax, supported by the assemblies and the public.
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