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The New Hampshire Gazette And Republican Union
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The Oregon mail line of steamers will run monthly from Charleston to Chagres, touching at St. Augustine, Key West, and Havana, then conveyed by land across the isthmus to Panama, and received by steamers to Astoria or the mouth of the Columbia River, touching at Monterey, San Francisco, and other places. Annual cost not to exceed $100,000. US Postmasters to be appointed at Astoria and other Pacific points. Postage rates: 20 cts. to Chagres, 12 1/2 cts. to Havana, 30 cts. to Panama and Pacific coast.
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United States Postmasters are to be appointed at Astoria and other points on the Pacific. Postage on a single letter to Chagres 20 cts., Havana 12 1-2 cts., Panama 30 cts. and to the Pacific coast 30 cts.
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Charleston
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cost not to exceed $100,000 per annum; us postmasters to be appointed at astoria and other pacific points; postage rates set at 20 cts. to chagres, 12 1/2 cts. to havana, 30 cts. to panama and pacific coast.
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The Oregon mail line of steamers is to run monthly from Charleston to Chagres, touching at St. Augustine, Key West, and Havana; mail conveyed by land carriages across the isthmus from Chagres to Panama, then received by steamers for Astoria or the mouth of the Columbia River, touching at Monterey, San Francisco, and other places.