light in comparison with the public benefits which
have followed the adoption of rates of postage, which (the cost of
transportation consequent upon the vast extent over which our more
remote settlements are scattered, the general sparseness of our
population and the high prices of clerical and other labor being
considered) are believed to be the cheapest which have ever been adopted
by any Government of ancient or modern times.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] [B] Respectively Postmaster-General and Postmaster of Buffalo.--ED.

[C] Succeeded in 1866 by Joseph Candee (died Nov. 20, 1884); succeeding
Postmasters of Buffalo have been: Isaac M. Schermerhorn; Thomas M.
Blossom (appointed in 1869, died Feb. 10, 1882); Isaac M. Schermerhorn
(second appointment, April, 1871); John M. Bedford (appointed April 1,
1879); John B. Sackett (appointed March 7, 1887); Bernard F. Gentsch
(appointed May 28, 1890, died Aug. 3, 1894); Howard H. Baker (appointed
June 7, 1894), present incumbent.--ED.

[D] Predecessor of the Academy of Music, east side of Main, between
Seneca and Swan Streets.--ED.

[E] Last quarter only.

[F] Stamps sold for currency $18,000 more, furnished from Buffalo P. O.

[G] AUTHOR'S NOTE--This is probably erroneous as it will be seen that
the post-road from Whitestown to Canandaigua was established and service
thereon advertised for in 1794. It is quite certain that there was mail
service on this route as early as 1795.

[H] AUTHOR'S NOTE.--This was stated on the authority of Turner's
"History of the Holland Purchase" and it was supposed there could be no
doubt of its accuracy. But in Vol. 1., _Miscellaneous_, of the American
State Papers, published by Gales & Seaton, is a list of post-offices in
1800 (p. 289), and of those established in 1801 (p. 298), and in the
latter is "Batavia, N. Y., Sanford Hunt, Postmaster." It may be that Mr.
Hunt did not accept the appointment and that Mr. Brisbane was appointed
in 1802.

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.

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