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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Mr. Lindsley, General Post Office agent, arrived in St. Louis yesterday (Sept. 7) after forwarding surplus mails detained for four months at Garrett's, left there by contractors violating their duties on the Shawneetown-Kaskaskia route. The local postmaster resigned after the mails were deposited.
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Mr. Lindsley, agent for the General Post Office, arrived in town yesterday, having forwarded on the surplus mails detained for the last four months at Garrett's, an obscure town about fifty miles west of Shawneetown, where they were wantonly left by the contractors for transporting the mails between Shawneetown and Kaskaskia, in violation of the obligations of their contracts with the Post Master General, and their duty to the public. The late Post Master at Garrett's washes his hands, as he conceives, of the business, by having tendered his resignation some time after the mails were deposited at that town.
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St. Louis
Event Date
Sept. 8 (Reported); Yesterday (Arrival)
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surplus mails forwarded after four-month detention; postmaster at garrett's resigned.
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Mr. Lindsley arrived in St. Louis yesterday, having forwarded surplus mails detained for four months at Garrett's, an obscure town fifty miles west of Shawneetown. The mails were left there by contractors transporting between Shawneetown and Kaskaskia, violating their contracts with the Post Master General and public duty. The postmaster at Garrett's resigned after the mails were deposited.