Philadelphia Post Office Accounts, 1757-1764
MS account papers: American Philosophical Society
[March 30, 1757]
William Dunlap Postmaster of Philadelphia
Dr.
No. 1 To the whole Amount of unpaid Letters
received into his Office from March
30. 1757 to Oct. 29. 1763 viz. 368039
dwt: 16 gr. at 5d. Currency is
£7667 9 11
To undercharg'd Letters 78 dwt. is 1 12 4
No. 2 To the whole Amount of Paid Letters
sent by him to other Offices 15568
dwt: 8 at Do. 324 6 5
To the Postage of Way Letters receiv'd
by him 1452 dwt. at Do. 30 5 0
No. 3 To Postage of paid Letters from Aug.
18. 1763 to Oct. 6. omitted above 228
dwt: at Do. is 4 15 0
£8028 8 8
Cr.
By the amount of Dead Letters return'd to the
General Post Office 44201 Dwt. at 5d. is 920 17 1
By Letters overcharged 18780 Dwt. at 5d. is 391 5 0
By Letters forwarded 40273 Dwt. at 5d. is 839 0 5
By his Commissions at 10 per Cent on the net
Proceeds £5877 6s. 2d. is 587 14 7
By Cash paid Riders to Michaelmas 1763 1297 10 0
4036 7 1
Ballance 3992 1 7
£8028 8 8
[Dr.]
To the above Ballance 3992 1 7
To Postage receiv'd of Mr. Plowman for
Letters sent to Baltimore Office 22 8 9
To Ballance of the 3 Quarters from Oct.
1763 to July 6. 1764 491 18 11 ½
4406 9 3 ½
[Cr]
By Cash paid Mrs. Franklin as per Account
render'd to Mr. Hunter, from April 7. 2051 15 7
1757. to May 17. 1761
By Do. paid ditto at sundry times to Feb.
26. 1763 810 16 0
By Do. paid Ditto at sundry Times to July
11. 1764 501 16 9
By his Account for Mails and Bills 48 6 0
and 1 10 0
By Cash paid Hift, and Woolen a Gratuity
from Postmaster General 50 0 0
3364 4 4
Ballance 1042 4 11 ½
4406 9 3 ½
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