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