In Colonial America, there was a post office system. People took their letters to the post office and know they would be mailed/sent to the person that was on the cover of the folded letter. The letter would have been written on one sheet of paper and when finished folded so that the writing would not show on the address side. No envelopes back then. There were no stamps. The post master would mark on the address side the cost of the letter. Getting your letter would take maybe a week to get to you. Even during war time - Revolution, Civil War, etc. the mail would still go, but maybe with someone you knew to carry your letter.
Now the cost of sending a letter is considerably more. With all the machinery of weighing and stamping a letter, as well as personnel wages, etc. Should the post office system close completely and be taken over by the various forms of electronic communication?
How many of us have that ability to send mail electronically? I have friends who do not have a computer. They do not have a cell phone and certainly are not connected to facebook, etc. Should they lose their ability to correspond as needed or desired? I hope not. What a loss, not only to them, but the people they wish to "talk to"!
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I know I will continue to mail payments to merchants, letters to friends and relations. What say You? The Post Office system is a needed link between people, and businesses.
