6791. POST OFFICE, Newspaper postage.—
I desired you * * * to send the
newspapers notwithstanding the expense. I
had then no idea of it. Some late instances
have made me perfectly acquainted with it. I
have, therefore been obliged * * * to have
my newspapers from the different States, enclosed
to the office for Foreign Affairs, and to
desire Mr. Jay to pack the whole in a box, and
send it * * * as merchandise. * * *
In this way, they will cost me livres where
they now cost me guineas.—
To F. Hopkinson. Washington ed. i, 441.
(P.
1785)
