mailable

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

That may be mailed or carried in the mail.--Worcester. In a recent suit brought by the government against Adams & Co.'s Express, for carrying letters and papers, to the injury of the post office, Judge Betts stated in his charge to the jury that "any written communication between one individual and another comes within the term mailable matter, and no matter in what shape it is put, it is liable to postage as if carried by mail."


All mailable matter intended to reach its destination without delay, must be deposited with the mail agents, on board the Stonington boats, the regular and only line for carrying the Boston, or great Eastern mail.--A Newspaper Advertisement.

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