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Back in Time Transportation in America's Postal System
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2023-06-30
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Alternative Title:Transportation in America's Postal System
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Abstract:In early colonial times, letter writers sent their correspondence by friends, merchants and Native Americans via foot or horseback. Most of this correspondence, however, was between the colonists and family members back home in England. In 1633, the first official notice of a postal service in the colonies appeared. Mail was originally carried on horseback. Stagecoaches, steamboats, and trains would later be used to transport mail. The short-lived Pony Express demonstrated the usability of the Central Route to California. Eventually, air mail would be introduced.
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