The Peculiar Past of Posted Children

The Peculiar Past of Posted Children

A year after introducing its parcel service in 1913, the US Post Office struggled to define what could and could not be sent, as people tested the boundaries by mailing coffins, construction bricks, puppies, freshly-laid eggs, snakes and other reptiles, small farm animals, and even their own children, from one location to another… Abigail watched with curious excitement as her mother carefully packed all of her clothes into a little suitcase, topping it off with her favorite doll, sweet Annabelle, before closing and latching the bag shut. "I'm so excited to go stay with Grandpa for a little while, but why can't I hold Annabelle? I promise I won't lose her!" "I know that you're very fo
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