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54 were managed, as it might easily be, so as to afford the means of frequent and rapid communication, these causes alone would produce a great increase of letters. The extent of the increase thus obtained, as well as the extent of that which would result from the reduced postage, does not admit of exact calculation; but, judging from the effects produced by similar causes, (as the increase of letters resulting from Mr. Palmer's improvements, and the greatly extended consumption of any article in general request which