BEDFORD, PA., GETS A DAILY MAIL.
February 14, 1833.
Sir: The citizens of Bedford, Pennsylvania, desire that a daily mail be run between Bedford and Hollidaysburg. The latter being a place of great importance, being at the junction of the Pennsylvania Canal and Railroad, and an intercourse of communication very great between the two points, I will agree to perform the service for a pro rata allowance, and put the arrangement into effect in ten days.
Very respectfully, etc.,
JAMES REESIDE.
Hon. W. T. Barry, Postmaster General.
No. 1215, Pennsylvania. James Reeside proposes to run daily for pro rata; Postmaster General says within “granted;” James Reeside written to 25th February, 1833.
Footnotes
[A]Benjamin Freeman kept a tavern on the old Braddock Road, a short distance south of Mt. Washington. Locating his house on Laurel Hill, was an error of Mr. Clay, but of little consequence, and readily made under the circumstances. A monument was erected, and is still standing, on the roadside near Wheeling, commemorative of the services of Mr. Clay in behalf of the road.
[B] The following is the communication referred to by President Jackson: