. . . Uncle Sam’s deputy postmasters and route agents, sometimes
cut bills in two and forward half at a time, waiting to hear of the receipt of
the first before sending the second half.
This, it seems to us, is doubling the risk, as if either half is lost
the whole amount is lost. Persons
sending us money by mail will therefore please not cut bills. We will take the whole risk in one letter.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 2
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