Agências e linhas dos correios na integração do território catarinense no século XIX

The purpose of this article is to describe and analyze the trajectory of expansion of postal services in Santa Catarina through the opening of agency and postal lines in the integration and formation of the state of Santa Catarina in the nineteenth century. Besides the introduction and closing remarks, the text is divided into three topics: a) a transport funding analysis and communication through arising from the Treasury resources and the generation of constant deficits; b) a brief debate on the formation of this state territory of the nineteenth century; and c) the trajectory of the opening of agencies and line cards as a constitutive element of the state of Santa Catarina.