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Letter to Editor
December 10, 1829
Constitutional Whig
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
A letter from the Philadelphia Gazette informs New York Evening Post editors that mail contractors will deliver the President's Message by express, arriving in New York on December 9, 1829, free of charge. Editors note the Postmaster General's acceptance of the offer for rapid delivery across Atlantic states, reaching New Orleans in six days.
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Philadelphia Gazette Office,
December 2, 1829.
To the Editors of the N. Y. Evening Post—
Gentlemen— we take the liberty of informing you,
that the mail contractors have agreed to bring on
the Message by express free of expense. It will be
here about 11 o'clock at night of Tuesday, and in New
York about 8 or 9 o'clock on Wednesday, the 9th.—
Had you not better inform the owners of the packet
ship to sail on the 8th, to wait until the 9th, and
they will have an opportunity of taking it with
them?
Since receiving the above letter, we have been
informed that the contractors for carrying the mail
on the great mail route, have volunteered their servi-
ces to the Postmaster General, to run the President’s
Message in the least possible time, by express,
through all the Atlantic states; from Maine to New
Orleans, free of expense; and that he has accepted the offer, and arrangements have accordingly been made
for that purpose, by placing the fleetest horses on
the entire route. It is calculated to deliver it in
New Orleans, (barring accidents) in six days after
leaving the Capitol in Washington, and in this city
in eighteen hours.—Evening Post
December 2, 1829.
To the Editors of the N. Y. Evening Post—
Gentlemen— we take the liberty of informing you,
that the mail contractors have agreed to bring on
the Message by express free of expense. It will be
here about 11 o'clock at night of Tuesday, and in New
York about 8 or 9 o'clock on Wednesday, the 9th.—
Had you not better inform the owners of the packet
ship to sail on the 8th, to wait until the 9th, and
they will have an opportunity of taking it with
them?
Since receiving the above letter, we have been
informed that the contractors for carrying the mail
on the great mail route, have volunteered their servi-
ces to the Postmaster General, to run the President’s
Message in the least possible time, by express,
through all the Atlantic states; from Maine to New
Orleans, free of expense; and that he has accepted the offer, and arrangements have accordingly been made
for that purpose, by placing the fleetest horses on
the entire route. It is calculated to deliver it in
New Orleans, (barring accidents) in six days after
leaving the Capitol in Washington, and in this city
in eighteen hours.—Evening Post
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Infrastructure
What keywords are associated?
President's Message
Mail Contractors
Express Delivery
Postmaster General
Atlantic States
What entities or persons were involved?
Philadelphia Gazette Office
Editors Of The N. Y. Evening Post
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Philadelphia Gazette Office
Recipient
Editors Of The N. Y. Evening Post
Main Argument
mail contractors will deliver the president's message by express free of charge, arriving in new york on december 9, 1829; suggest delaying the packet ship to carry it.
Notable Details
Volunteered Services To Postmaster General For Rapid Delivery From Maine To New Orleans
Fleetest Horses On Route
Expected Delivery To New Orleans In Six Days, To New York In Eighteen Hours