LETTER FROM THE POST-MASTER GENERAL, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT RELATIVE TO POST-ROADS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAVE NOT PRODUCED ONE THIRD PART OF THE EXPENSE OF CARRYING MAIL UPON THE SAID ROADS DURING THE LAST YEAR

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Verlag: [Washington], 1805

8pp. plus two folding tables. Self-wrappers, tables stitched. Old stab holes in left margin. Minor foxing and spotting. Very good. Partially unopened. A report from the Post-Master General and Connecticut native, Gideon Granger, decrying the discrepancy in income versus revenue along the post roads. The two large folding tables illustrate the post-master's point, offering hard data on specific post roads from Worcester to Knoxville and numerous points in between. "Granger used his Connecticut connections to keep Jefferson informed of secessionist plots and other facets of New England politics. He used his postal connections to keep a close watch on Aaron Burr's devious machinations in the West" - ANB. The present report includes a bevy of data from these key western routes. Rare. OCLC locates only microform copies. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9539. ANB 9, p.400. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM31601

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Titel: LETTER FROM THE POST-MASTER GENERAL, ...
Verlag: [Washington]
Erscheinungsdatum: 1805