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GOVERNOR URGES POSTMASTERTO
ADOPT HIS PROPOSED POSTAL REFORMS
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HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL. Autograph Letter Signed, “Sam’l Huntington,” as
Governor, to Postmaster General Samuel Osgood, retained draft, urging him to adopt a
reform to the post rider system in use so as to reduce delay of urgent correspondence. 2
pages, 4to; lower edge reinforced with linen, docketed in his hand on terminal page. (MRS)
Norwich, 25 November 1789
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. . .The public dispatches that pass between my office, & the Collectors office at New London; & the
Seat of the National Government are frequent & Important, & often require Immediate conveyance.
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According to the present routine of the post riders, the correspondence is delayed near a week longer
than it would be, were the alteration which I have proposed to take place. . . . [T]he delay for want of
a regular post, taken both ways in receiving, & returning letters is a needless waste of about ten or
twelve days merely for want of a proper regulation of the post rider.”