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Cleveland City Directory
For the years
1837 and 1838
Post Office
37 Superior Street
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Open on week days from 7 1/2 o'clock A. m. till 9 P. M.
On Sundays from 8 till 9 A. M. and from 6 till 7 1/2 P. M.
Daniel Worley, Post Master
James Worley, Deputy Post Master
Clerks:
John Tomlinson and Solomon Sawtell
Arrival and Departure of the Mails
Northern Mail via Erie, arrives daily by 4 o'clock A. M.
and departs daily at 2 o'clock P. M.
Eastern via Pittsburgh, arrives daily by 6 o'clock P. M.
and departs daily at half past 1 P. M.
Southern via Columbus, arrives odd days by 1 o'clock P. M.
and departs even days at 5 P. M.
Western via Sandusky and Detroit, arrives daily by 1 o'clock P. m.
and departs daily at 5 o'clock P. M.
Huron via Mouth of Black River, arrives every Wednesday by 6 P. M.
and departs every Monday at 7 A. M.
Newbury via Warrensville and Orange, arrives every Friday at 6 P. M.
and departs every Saturday at 6 A. M.
Erie and Pittsburgh Mail closes daily at 1 o'clock P. M.
Detroit, Huron and Newbury Mail closes daily at 9 o'clock P. M.
Rates of Postage
On Letters: 8 1/4 cents for any distance not exceeding 30 miles;
10 cents, if over 30 and not exceeding 80 miles;
12 1/2 cents, if over 80 and not exceeding 150 miles;
18 3/4 cents, if over 150 and not exceeding 400 miles;
25 cents if over 400 miles.
Double letters are charged double, treble letters, treble,
and quadruple letters, quadruple rates.
Postage on heavier packages in proportion.
On Newspapers: Not carried over 100 miles, or for any distance
within within the state where they are printed, one cent each.
If carried over 100 miles, and out of the state where they are
printed, one and a half cents each.
Periodicals, Pamphlets and Magazines: Carried over 100 miles,
one cent a sheet; carried over 100 miles, two cents a sheet.
Those not Periodicals, 100 miles or less, 4 cents a sheet;
over 100 miles, 6 cents a sheet.
No deduction will be made on postage on letters charged double, treble,
or quadruple, unless they are opened in the presence of the post master,
his assistant, or someone belonging to the Post Office.
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