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Domestic News
September 16, 1854
Weekly National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A letter mailed in New York City on the 22nd of the month reached St. Louis in just 40 hours, demonstrating rapid progress in mail delivery, with speculation on future air telegraph and high-speed travel.
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MOST DEXTEROUS HASTE.—There is no doubting the fact that progress in annihilating space is still to be made. We soon shall be within a stone's throw of the great city of New York. We saw yesterday a letter mailed at New York city on the 22d day of this month which was but forty hours in reaching this place. We shall only expect to hear of this being excelled when the great air telegraph shall be patented, and passengers may be whisked across the States in immense iron tubes with the speed of lightning.—St. Louis Intelligencer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Transportation
What keywords are associated?
Mail Delivery
Postal Speed
New York To St Louis
Where did it happen?
St. Louis
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
St. Louis
Event Date
Mailed On The 22d Day Of This Month, Received Forty Hours Later
Outcome
letter delivered in forty hours
Event Details
A letter mailed at New York city on the 22d day of this month reached this place in but forty hours.