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The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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A letter from J. A. Bently, Commissioner of Pensions, dated March 31, 1877, addressed to Nutt N. Antrim in Peru, Ind., was found in an Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago mail car after over six years of unintended travel, covering nearly 300,000 miles, and delivered unbroken.
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One of the old Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago mail cars was run into the shops this week to undergo general repairs, and in overhauling it several letters were found that had worked in between the ceiling and outside of the car, one written by J. A. Bently, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, March 31, 1877, addressed to Nutt N. Antrim, Peru, Ind. For more than six years this letter had traveled up and down the road between Indianapolis and Michigan City every trip made by this mail-car. It had doubtless passed over the entire length of the road more than 1,500 times, a distance in the aggregate of nearly 300,000 miles, and was finally delivered to Mr. Antrim with the seal unbroken.
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Peru, Ind.
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This Week
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letter delivered with seal unbroken
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One of the old Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago mail cars was run into the shops this week to undergo general repairs, and in overhauling it several letters were found that had worked in between the ceiling and outside of the car, one written by J. A. Bently, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, March 31, 1877, addressed to Nutt N. Antrim, Peru, Ind. For more than six years this letter had traveled up and down the road between Indianapolis and Michigan City every trip made by this mail-car. It had doubtless passed over the entire length of the road more than 1,500 times, a distance in the aggregate of nearly 300,000 miles, and was finally delivered to Mr. Antrim with the seal unbroken.