The Registered Letter authorized

Congress authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to register letters.  This will begin July 1, 1855, for a fee of five cents. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 492.
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    Commercial
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    Personal
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