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HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL. Autograph Letter Signed, "Sam'l Huntington," as Governor, to Postmaster General Samuel Osgood,

GOVERNOR URGES POSTMASTER TO ADOPT HIS PROPOSED POSTAL REFORMS 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

  • Notes: ". . . 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.
    "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."

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