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The Use And Abuse Of The Post Office Monopoly

 
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Bedrock Of The Community
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Posted 03/19/2021   3:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add rod222 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

A Fascinating read.. highly recommended.
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Posted 03/20/2021   12:13 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Parcelpostguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, there are reasons Civil Service Systems arose to supplant a spoils systems.
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Posted 03/30/2021   7:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add classic_paper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The displayed paragraph appears to have been authored by an 8th-grader. The writing is terrible.
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The principal author actually looks like a kid from his photo. There is nothing to indicate that this is anything more than a freshman term paper.
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31 of the 58 endnotes refer to Winifred Gallagher's How the Post Office Created America: A History. It would seem like that might be a better place to get this information. I do appreciate that citations were used, however.
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This is philatelic literature guru Leonard Hartmann's take on the Gallagher book:

"Despite a decent index and 287 end notes I do not consider is [sic] an authorative [sic] study but as it covers over 200 years it is an enjoyable read and with the current interest in "the story" one will probably pick up some good insights into the background."

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