Veto Message
04/16/1860
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The weight of these mails, averaging from 12 to 15 tons semi-monthly, renders it, in view of the climate and character of the road, manifest...
The Postmaster-General has offered the California mails to the several companies and shipowners engaged in the trade with the Pacific via th...
It should not be forgotten that, in consequence of the diversion of a large part of the letter mail to the overland route, the postages deri...
I feel it my duty to communicate to you that it has been found impracticable to conclude a contract for the transportation of the mails betw...