1861 June 14 Bremo Bluff [Fluvanna County, Virginia]

Genl. J.H. Cocke

Dear Sir

I send you the rates of Postage
as adopted by the Confederate Congress Feby 9th 1861
on single letters weighing 1/2 an Oz. under 500 miles 5cts
on single letters weighing over 1/2 an Oz under 500 miles 10cts
on single letters weighing 1/2 an Oz over 500 miles 10cts
on single letters weighing over 1/2 an Oz over 500 miles 15 cts
on all Pamphlets or Papers or Periodicals published in the Confederate states 2 cts each
the pamphlet not to weigh over 3 Oz if so 2 cts for every fraction of an Oz
on all periodicals, pamphlets & books as above
published beyond the limits of the Confederated states, double--postage
Books can be mailed @2 cents an Oz in the Confederate
states up as high as 4 pounds

Very Resp[ectfu]lly
Jno. N. Snead

John Hartwell Cocke, 1780-1866, was a noted reformer and member of various temperance, foreign mission, African colonization, Bible, tract, Sunday school and anti-tobacco societies. As such he would have been keenly interested in the cost of postage for pamphlets promoting his causes as well as corresponding with fellow reformers, almost all of whom lived in the northern states.

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