Mail Boat Routes
Document 1795Discussed the distance of each mail boats route, consoled delivery man that appeals had been made to shorten route of No. 3. Suggested employing stout men in a canoe to take up deliveries on a forth route. Kirkpatrick waiting instructions to descend Ohio river.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discussed the distance of each mail boats route, consoled delivery man that appeals had been made to shorten route of No. 3. Suggested employing stout men in a canoe to take up deliveries on a forth route. Kirkpatrick waiting instructions to descend Ohio river.
Date
01/16/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1795011654001
Page start
1
Note
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Missing second page.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Isaac Craig
Dugan
Postmaster General
General Putnam
George Mitchell
waterman
delivery man
mailman
Major Kirkpatrick
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Limestone
Lime Stone
Fort Washington
river
Ohio river
Notable items
mail boat
canoe