Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 260.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 29, 1848.

Mr. Goggin, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill ( H. R. 260) “to establish certain Post routes,” which was read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

May 30, 1848.
Re-committed to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
June 14, 1848.

Reported back from the said Committee with amendments, which were agreed to by the House, and the said bill as amended, ordered to be printed.

A BILL
To establish certain post routes.

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5 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the following post roads be, and the
same are hereby, established in the states and Territories,
as hereafter expressed, viz: in

6 MAINE.

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8 From Farmington, via East Strong, New Vineyard
and New Portland, to Kingsfield.

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13 From Stoneham, via East Stoneham, to North
Waterford.
From Bangor, via Hancock, Exeter, South Levant,
Garland Centre, East Sangerville, Guilford Centre, to
Monson, county of Piscataquis.

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20 From Northumberland, New Hampshire, to East
Burke, Vermont, via Guildhall, Granby and Victory.
From West Townsend, Vermont, to Windham
Center.
From Cambridge, Lamoille county, Vermont, via
Fletcher, to Bakersfield.

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McKay’s grist mill, through the valley of the Honeyoye
creek, to Wellsville, in the State of New York.
From Norristown, Montgomery county, to Allentown,
Lehigh county, via Jeffersonville, Perkiomen bridge,
Schwenkes’ store, Frederick, Colebrookdale and Emaus.
From Pottsville, Schuylkill county, to Millersburg,
on the Susquehanna, via Llewellyn, Tremont, Bearmont,
Wiconisco and Elizabethville.
From Stroudsburg, Monroe county, to East Sterling,
Wayne county, via Brackleyville, Priceburg, Indian Hill,
and Covesville.

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From Penningtonville, Chester county, to the Buck
post office, Lancaster county, via Coopersville, Green
Tree Inn, Barts’ and Pasmore’s.
From Oil creek post office, in Titusville, Crawford
county, to Columbus, Warren county, via Rome, Eldred,
and Spring creek townships.
From Trexletown, Lehigh county, to Hereford, via
Middletown.
From Worcester, Montgomery county, to Centre
Square.
From Jonestown, Lebanon county, to Rherersburg,
Berks county.
From borough of Clarion, Clarion county, to bor-
ough of Ridgway, Elk county, via the northeast side of
Clarion river.
From Allen, Cumberland county, to Boiling Spring.
From Hollidaysburg, Blair county, via Alleghany
and Ashland Furnaces, and Weakland’s, to Newman’s
Mills, Indiana county.
From West Philadelphia, via Kellysville, Lobb’s
store, Springfield, Rose Tree, and Bishop’s Works, to
Howelsville, Delaware county.
From Sunneytown, Montgomery county, via Spin-
nerstown, to Emaus, Lehigh county.

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Tionesta creek.
From Sunville, Venango county, via Wallaceville, to
Dempsey.
From Cushingville, Potter county, to Spring Mill’s in
the State of New York.
From Allentown, Lehigh county, via Schneeksville, to
Kirn’s Mills.
From Norristown via Jefferson.
From Norristown, via Jeffersonville, Shannonville,
and Lumberville, in the county of Montgomery, to Phoe-
nixville, in the county of Chester.
From Avondale, Chester county, Pennsylvania, to
Stanton, Newcastle county, Delaware.
From Gap post office, Lancaster county, via Hat
and Intercourse, to New Holland.
From West Penn, Schuylkill county, to Lehighton,
Carbon county.
From Smith’s ferry, Beaver county, via Ohioville, to
Darlington.
From Dunningsville, Washington county, via Vance-
ville, to Hillsborough.
From Pittsburg, via Breakneck, Whitestown, and
Prospect, to Brownington.

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Valley, to Cherry, Sullivan county.

84 OHIO.

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From Sabina to Centreville.
From Georgetown, via New Hope, Bruton and
Greenbush, to Fayetteville.
From Wilmington, via Martinsville, Lynchburgh,
Dodsonsville, Buford and New Lake, to Georgetown.
From Defiance, via Brunersburgh and Hicksville, to
Panama.
From Tiffin, via Van Buren and Independence, to
Defiance.
From Warren, via Hudson, to Brunswick.
From Lower Sandusky to Port Clinton.
From Hagerstown to Eaton.
From Jackson court-house, via Jackson Furnace, to
Portsmouth.
From Waterville to Bryan.
From Waterford, via Watertown, to Barlow.

102 INDIANA.

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Whitehall, in the county of Owen, and Stanford, in the
county of Monroe, to Springville, in Lawrence county.

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hook, to Strawtown, in Hamilton county.
From Salem, in Washington county, via Leesville,
in Lawrence county, to Bloomington, in Monroe county.
From Muncie, in Delaware county, to the county
seat of Tipton county.
From West Unity, in Williams county, Ohio, via
Angola, to La Grange Centre, in the State of Indiana.
From St. Joseph, via Williams Centre, Banners-
burgh, to Defiance, in the State of Ohio.
From Leesburg to Wolf Lake.
From Vincennes to Ducksburg, in Knox county, to
Princeton, in Gibson county.
From Bellville, in the county of Hendricks, via
Danville, to North Salem.
From Brownstown, in Jackson county, via David
Bowman’s, to Nashville, in Brown county.
From Bluffton, in Wells county, to Fort Wayne, in
Allen county.
From La Grange to Goshen.
From Monticello, in White county, to Lafayette, in
Tippecanoe county.
From Perkinsville, in Madison county, via New
Lancaster, to Tipton, in Tipton county.

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136 From Evansville, in Vanderburgh county, to Cyn-
thiana, in Posey county.
From Metea or Fulton, in Fulton county, via Per-
rysburg, Niconza, Laketon, North Manchester, Liberty
Mills, South Whitely, to Whitely.
From Washington, in Davis county, via Fayette-
ville, in Lawrence county, to Bedford, in said county.

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154 From Michigan, in the county of Ingham, via
Oneida, Chester and Vermontville, in Eaton county,
and Hastings, in the county of Barry, to Allegan, in the
county of Allegan.
From Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, to
Michigan, in the county of Ingham, via Bellvue and
Charlotte, in the county of Eaton.
From Marshall, via Olivet and Charlotte, to Michi-
gan, the capital of the State.
From Hastings, in the county of Barry, to Vermont-
ville; thence through Wheaton’s Settlement, in the town
of Chester; thence to Hovey’s Settlement, in the town
of Benton; and thence to Michigan, the seat of govern-
ment.
From Marshall, via Eaton Rapids, to Michigan, the
capital of the State.
From Hillsdale, Michigan, to Montpelier, in Ohio.

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169 From Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, via
Austin’s Lake, Vicksburg, John W. Backey’s, Mendon,
Sand Lake, Sturgis’ Prairie, to Lima, in the State of
Indiana.
From Brooklyn, in the county of Jackson, to Grass
Lake, in the county aforesaid.
From Dexter, via Pinckney, to Howell.
From Dexter to Michigan, the capital of the State.
From Paw Paw, via Almina Centre, in Van Buren
county, to Alamo, in Kalamazoo county, intersecting, at
that point, the route from Kalamazoo to Otsego, in the
county of Allegan.
From Allegan, in the county of Allegan, via the
Holland Colony, to Grand Haven, in the county of
Ottowa.

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Hillsborough.
From Uckeranna, in Walton county, via Alaqua
post office, to Milton, in Santa Rosa county.
From Jasper, in the county of Hamilton, via
Blount Ferry, Robinson Ferry, to Centre Village.
From Marianna to Ochusee county, to intersect
with the mail route from Apalachicola, to Chattahoochee.

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201 From Peru, via Troy Grove, Ovid, Dewey’s Mills,
La Fayette Grove, Kelly’s Mills, Stillman and Kish-
waukie, to Rockford.
From Ottawa, via Norway, Newark, Long Grove,
and Oswego, to Naperville.
From Peru, via Como and Genesee Grove, to
Mount Carroll.
From Galesburg to Knoxville.
From Wheeling, (Illinois,) via Long Grove, Gilmer,
Forksville, McHenry, Ringwood, Geneva, Spring Prairie,
East Troy, Elizabeth, and Waterville, to Summit, in
Wisconsin.
From Farmington, via Fairview, Ellisville, and
Virgil, to Macomb.
From Dixon, via Prophetstown, Portland, Sharon,
Green river and Camden, to Rock Island.
From Belvidere, (Illinois,) via Roscoe, Force’s
Bridge, Davis’s Mill, Rightsell’s Mill, and New Penn-
sylvania, to Shullsburg, in Wisconsin.
From Sycamore, via Coltonsville, South Grove
Hick’s Mill, Lindenwood, White Rock, Paine’s Point,
Daysville and Oregon, to Mount Morris.

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226 From Wilmington, in Will county, via Mazon, to
Pontiac, in Livingston county.
From Charleston, in Coles county, via Sullivan, in
Moultrie, to Decatur, in Macon county.
From Thompson’s Ferry, opposite Cape Girardeau,
in Missouri, via Thebes, Santa Fe and Smithland, to
Cairo.
From Peru, via Perkin’s Grove, Ovid, Palestine
Grove, Inlet Grove, Lee Centre, Franklin Grove, and Light
House Point, to Daysville.
From Southport, (Wisconsin,) via Pleasant Prairie,
Knox Cross Corners, Liberty, and English Prairie, to
Richmond, in Illinois.
From Elizabeth, via Freeport, to Rock river.
From Freeport, via Cedar Creek Mills and Oneco,
(Illinois,) to Monroe and Madison, in Wisconsin.
From Carrollton, in Green county, to Winchester,
in Scott county.
From Mount Morris, via Niles and Woodruff's
Corners, Farewell's Ferry and Rock Run, in Illinois,
to Madison, in Wisconsin.
From Waterloo, in Monroe county, via Red Bird,
Evansville and Ellis Grove, to Chester, in Randolph
county.
From Joliet, via Jackson Creek, Reed's Grove,

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251 Wilmington, Rock Creek, Bulbonia, Mount Langum,
Middleport and Millford, to La Fayette, in Indiana.
From Wilmington, via Horse Creek, Yates's Farm,
Limestone, Sammon's Farm and Spring Creek to Mid-
dleport.
From Fairfield, in Wayne county, to Mayville, in
Clay county.
From Littlefort, via Wentworth, Angola, Antioch,
English Prairie, Blevin’s Mills, Solon, Richmond, Alden,
Cogswell, Bigfoot Prairie, Burton Corners, Wilmot and
Manley’s Prairie, to Beloit, in Wisconsin.
From Pittsfield, via Washington, New Canton,
Cincinnati, Piketon, in Illinois, Rallsport, and Frank-
ford, to New London, in Missouri.
From Virginia, in Cass county, via Keeling Berry’s,
and Otway B. Nance’s, to Petersburg, in Menard
county.
From Peru, via Selby, Princeton and Crandell’s
Ferry, to Rock Island.
From York, in Clark county, via Melrose, Martins-
ville, and Salisbury, to Charleston, in Coles county.
From Freeport, in Stephenson county, to Elizabeth
in Jo Davies county.
From Mount Sterling, in Brown county, to New
Liberty, in Highland county.

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county.
From Jerseyville, via Otter Creek and Grafton, in
Illinois, to St. Charles, in Missouri.
From Mount Sterling, via Liberty and Richland, in
Adams county, and Kinderhook, in Pike county, to Han-
nibal, in Missouri.
From Peru, via Troy, to Earlville.
From Mount Carrol, via Pleasant Valley, to Ho-
wardsville.
From Cass, via Flag Creek and Lyons, to Chicago.
From Dorr, in McHenry county, via Erin and High-
land Prairie, to Geneva, in Walworth county, Wisconsin.
From Dorr, via Hebron, to Richmond, in McHenry
county.
From Hickory Hill, in Marion county, to McLanes-
borough, in Hamilton county.
From Littlefort, via Gage’s Lake, Hainesville, Fork-
ville, Lamar and Merona, to Chrystal Lake, in McHenry
county.
From Mount Sterling, in Brown county, via Garvish
Mill, to Griggsville, in Pike county.
From Sycamore, via South Grove, Hicks’s mills,
Lindenwood, White Rock, Daysville, Oregon, Mount

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vannah, on the Mississippi river.
From Rockford, via Kishwaukie, Mouth of Still-
man’s Creek, Daysville, Lee Centre, and Ovid, to Peru.
From Charleston, via Springville and Perry Bra-
shear’s, to Greenup, in Cumberland county.
From Ewington, via Cochran’s Grove and Sulli-
van, to Decatur.
From Greenville to Alton.
From Springfield, via Athens, New Market, Wal-
ker’s Grove, Quiver, and Liverpool, to Canton, in Ful-
ton county.
From Springfield, via Mount Pulaski, Clinton, and
Marian, to Mount Pleasant.
From Dillon, in Tazewell county, via Mackinaw
Point, Hittles Grove, and Mount Hope, to Waynesville,
in De Witt county.
From Rock Island, via Camden Mills, Orion, And-
over, Red Oak Grove, Walnut Grove, Victoria, Roches-
ter, Bimfield, and Kickapootown, to Peoria.
From Blue Island, via Cooper’s Grove, Chelsea,
Wallingford, and Bloomville, to Bulbonia.
From Greenville, in Bond county, to Staunton, in
Macoupin county.
From Metropolis city to Jonesboro.

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Hill, to Littlefort.
From Middleport, via Worth, Quitman, and Butler,
to Urbanna.
From Dixon, via Wilson’s Mills, (south side of Elk-
ham Grove,) Milledgeville, and Black Oak Grove, to Sa-
vannah.
From Winslow, in Stephenson county, via Warren,
to Millville, in Jo Davies’s county.
From Dutchman’s Point, via Sherman, and Emmett,
to Littlefort.
From Cass, via Barber’s corners, Du Page, and
Vermont settlement, to Oswego.

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From Albany, in Baker county, to Thomasville, in
Thomas county.
From Barrington Ferry, in Mcintosh county, via
Pendam's store, in Wayne county, and Alabaham Creek,
to Waresborough, in Ware county.
From Carrolton, via Laurel Hill, to Franklin.
From Carrolton to Van Wert.
From Troupville, Georgia, via Clyattville, to Co-
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Jackson, to Griffin.
From Blairsville, Union county, to Mount Yonah,
Habersham county.
From Dalton, Georgia, to Benton, Tennessee.
From Dalton, via Spring Place, Murray county, and
Elijay, Gilmer county, to Dalonegha.
From Rome, Floyd county, via Cave Spring, to
Jacksonville, Alabama.
From Griffin, Pike county, via English Mills,
Fayette county, to Newnan, Coweta county.
From Raysville, Columbia county, via John Bently’s,
to Lincolnton, Lincoln county.
From Traveller’s Rest, Dooley county, to Florence,
Stewart county.
From Halcyondale, at the fifty mile station on the
Central railroad, in Scriven county, to Reidsville, in
Tatnall county.
From Reidsville, in Telfair county, to the forty-five
mile station on the Central railroad.
From Buckeye post office, to Towersville, in
Laurens county.
From Anderson, in South Carolina, via Elberton, to
Lexington, Oglethorpe county, Georgia.

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ter's Store, and James Dyer's, to Athens, the seat of jus-
tice of Claiborne parish, in Louisiana.
From Washington, via Johnson's Mills, Neal's
Springs, and Russey's, in Sevier county, Baker's Springs,
and Mountain Fork Cove, in Polk county, to Dallas.
From Chickalah to Hot Springs.
From Lost Creek, via Hester’s Bridge, on Hurricane
Creek, via H. Carr’s, to Pine Bluff, Jefferson county.
From Chickalah Village, Yell county, via Matthias
Harkey’s, via Jordan Thompson’s, to Morrison’s Bluff,
in Johnson county.
From Fayetteville, Arkansas, via Daniel Neal’s, via
Henry Hastings, to Maysville, Benton county.
From Wilmington, Arkansas, via Carysville, to
Marion, Louisiana.

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Meredith's, James Williams's, Vernon, Duydemonia, to
Athens, seat of justice for the parish of Claiborne.
From Nachitoches, via Saint Maurice, Cedar Creek,
Salem Mills, John Lesle's, Wyatt's, and John T. Harris's,
in Monroe.

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Claiborne.
From Alexandria to Mount Lebanon.
From Fort Jesup, via Toro, to Burr's Ferry.

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river, and the Estill Steam Furnace, to Irvine, in Estill
county.
From Grayson, in Carter county, via the precinct
of Little Sandy and Daniel Horton's, to West Liberty,
in Morgan county, and from thence, via Hazlegreen, to
Jackson, in Breathitt county.
From Williamstown, via Fort Lick, Meredith, Col-
lins’s, and Logansville, to Leesburg.
From Winchester, via Reuben Rucker’s, Walter
Goude’s, and the mouth of Woodward’s creek, to Irvine.
From Kiddville to Walter Goude’s.
From Pleasureville to Owentown.
From Poplar Plains, Fleming county, via Plum-
mer’s Mills, John’s Mills and Triplett, to West Liberty,
in Morgan county.
From Thomas J. Dobbin’s store to Aaron’s run, both
in Montgomery county.

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Paperville, in Sullivan county.
From Somerville, via Dancyville, to Brownsville.
From Thorn Hill, through the valley on the north
side of Clinch mountain, via Martin Cleveland's and
John Dobson’s, to Blain's cross roads.
From Kingston, via Bellefonte, Erie, and Oxford,
to Athens.
From Waynesboro’ to Florence, Alabama.
From Elizabethton, via Greenfield, Blountville, and
Arcadia, to Kingsport.
From Somerville, via Fayette Corner, and Estau-
nala, to Denmark.
From Benton to Dalton, Georgia.
From Jackson to Savanna, in Tennessee

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From Russellville to Buzzard Roost.
From Huntsville to Montgomery, via Montevallo,
From Wetumpka, via Quitman, Chesnut creek, and
Wascahatchey, to Columbiana.
From Marion, via Dicken’s Mill, Brush Creek, Cen-
terville, and Jericho, to Marion.
From Moulton to Leighton.

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the county of St. Clair.
From Wetumpka, via Nixburg, Socapotoy and Pink-
neyville, Goldville, Wedowee, to Griffin, in the State of
Georgia.
From Blue Pond, in the county of Cherokee, to the
city of Montgomery, Alabama, via Jacksonville and Tal-
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Monticello, to Gallatin.
From Boloxie, via Augusta and Ellisville, to
Paulding.
From Belfontaine, via Grenada, to Farmville.
From Ripley, via Campbelltown, to Aberdeen.
From Oxford, via College Hill, Lewellen’s Cross
Roads, and Robinson's, to Memphis, Tennessee.
From Panola to Coffeeville.
From Raleigh, via Fayetteville, Coates's Mills, to
Ellesville.
From Williamsburg, via Ellisville, to Paulding.
From Paulding, via Enterprise, to Daleville.
From East Port to Fulton.
From Hillsboro’ to Raleigh.

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469 From Jackson, via Raymond, Cayuga, Rocky
Springs, Port Gibson, and Fayette, to Natchez.
From Paulding, via Leakesville, to Mobile, Alabama.
From Leakesville, via Winchester, Miltonville, and
Quitman, to Enterprise.
From Woodville, via Sibley’s and Harvard Ferry, to
Stephen Kenedy’s, (on the road from Natchez to Liberty.)
From Vicksburg, via Warrenton, to Grand Gulf, by
land.
From Hopewell, via Big Creek and Jones’s Mills,
to Coffeeville.
From Salem, via J. H. Norton’s and William
McLean’s, to Fenger’s Cross Roads.
From Grenada to Greenboro’.
From Grenada, via Belfontaine, to Fame.
From Kosciusko, via Greensboro and Houston, to
Pontotoc.
From Greensboro, via Shongalo, Middleton, and
Carrollton, to Greenwood.
From Aberdeen, via Athens, Quincy, Splunge,
Grubb Springs, and Hamilton, to Aberdeen.
From Macon to Prairie Point.
From Charleston to Delta.
From Delta to Bolivar.
From Bolivar to McNutt.

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From Charleston, via Tuscahoma and Smith’s Mills,
to Carrollton.
From Coffeville to Sarepta.
From Holly Springs, via New Albany, to Fulton, in
Ittawamba county.
From Delta, via Husting’s Ferry, to Panola county.

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Bellair.
From Princess Anne, via Kingston, to Jefferson
Corner, in Somerset county.
From Denton, Caroline county, via Greensborough,
Bridgetown, Beaver Dams, Long March, to Sudlersville,
in Queen Anne’s county.

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Pepper's Ferry, in said county, to Newbern, in the county
of Pulaski.
From Martinsville, in the county of Henry, via
Rough and Ready, Prunty's, Union Furnace, Elamsville,
and Rock Castle, in the county of Patrick, to Floyd
court-house.
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of Nelson, to Rose Mills, in the county of Amherst.
From Kingwood, in the county of Preston, West
Union, in
From New London, in Campbell county, via Wade’s,
The Meadows, Halesford and Taylor’s Store, to Rocky
Mount, in the county of Franklin, and the turnpike road
from the said town of New London to Rocky Mount,
when completed, shall be, and the same is hereby, de-
clared to be, a post road, without regard to the interme-
diate points herein named, if the same shall not be upon
the line of the said road.
From Rocky Mount, via Saunder’s Mill, Long
Branch, and Canady’s Gap, to Floyd court-house.
From Fincastle, in the county of Botetourte, to
Covington, in the county of Alleghany.
From Mechanicsburg, in Giles county, to Perry’s
store, in the county of Tazewell.
From Kenhawa to Logan court-house, along the
main State road, via John G. Jones’s, near the mouth of
Hewett’s creek, in the county of Boone.
From the town of Moorfield, in Hardy county, via
the South Fork, of the South Branch of the Potomac
river, to McDowell post office, in the county of Highland.

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518
519
520
521
522
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528 From Christianburg, in Montgomery county, via
the Foundry, to Hillsville, in Carroll county.
From the town of Huntersville, in the county of
Pocahontas, to Huttonsville, in the county of Randolph,
via Martin’s Bottom, Stony Creek, Old Field Fork of
Elk river, Big Spring, and Mingo Flats; thence to the
Valley river, and down that river to Huttonsville.
From Free Port, in Wood, at the mouth of Goose
Creek, to Ritchie court-house.
From Clintonville, in Greenbrier, via Nicholas
court-house and Pocahontas, to Randolph court-house.

529 NORTH CAROLINA.

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542 From Asheville, through Buncombe and Yancey
counties, via Garrison’s, Gilbert’s, Bull Creek, Indian Gap,
Double Springs, Gahagens, Big Laurel, (across the State
line,) via Sulphur Springs, in Greene county, (Tennessee,)
and Love’s, to Lime Stone Spring, in said county.
From Lexington, via Fulton, Mocksville, County
Line, and Oak Forest, to Statesville; and that the route
from Salem to Statesville be, and the same is hereby, dis-
continued.
From Elizabeth City, Pasquotank county, to New-
bigon Creek, in same county.
From Floral College, Robeson county to Randalls-
ville.

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550
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553 From Lumberton to Elizabethtown, or Prospect
Hill.
From Gravelly Hill, by Peter’s Creek, to Fayetteville.
From Cedar Creek, in Greene county, Tennessee,
into North Carolina, via Allen’s Old Stand, Joseph
Rives’s Mill, to Bald Mountain Creek post office, in
Yancey county.
From Daniel Carter’s, via J. W. Anderson’s, on
Gabriel’s Creek, in Yancey county, via Bull Creek, Wal-
nut, and Brush Creek, to the Warm Springs.
From Warrenton to Shocco Springs.

554 TEXAS.

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567 From Sherman, via Coffee’s Bend, in Grayson
county, to Fort Washita.
From Green’s Bluff, on Sabine river, via Lawhon’s
mills, to Bukeville, the county site of Newton county.
From Lyon’s post Office, Louisiana, via Green’s
Bluff, to Sabine Pass.
From Mooresville, in Bowie county, via Old Hick-
ory, Clear Spring, and Gertrude post offices, to Jeffer-
son, in Cass county.
From Henderson, via San Cosme, (Solomon Grigs-
by’s), Lilly’s Mills, Rusk, and Murchison Prairie, to
Crockett.
From Woodville, via Sandy Bluff, to Beaumont.

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591 From Tyler, in Smith county, via the county site
of Van Zandt, (Grand Saline,) Bruten’s and Four Mile
Prairie, to Buffalo.
From Tyler, in Smith county, to Palestine.
From San Augustine to Marion.
From Springfield, the county seat of Limestone, to
Falls of Brazos.
From Houston, via E. Byren’s and F. Bingham’s,
to Parker’s Point.
From Goliad to Port Lavacca.
From Milam, in Sabine county, via Housen Bayou
(Pace’s,) to Bear Creek.
From Clarksville, via Tarrant and the county site
of Kaufman, to Buffalo.
From Warren to Coffee’s Bend.
From Fort Washita to Fort Smith.
From Henderson, via Bellevieu and Manchester, to
the county site of Upshur.
From Bonham, via Greenville, to the county site of
Kaufman.
From Paris, in Lamar county, to Pine Bluffs, in
Red river county.
From Henderson, via Pecantown and Sugar Hill,
to Grand Bluffs, in Panola county.

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592
593
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595
596
597
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599
600
601
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609
610
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613
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615 From Port Caddo, via Clinton, in Cass county, to
Moore’s post office, in Bowie county.
From Fulton, on Red river, via Moore’s Ferry, on
Sulphur Fork, William’s Bluff, and Clinton, in Cass
county, to Jefferson.
From Beaumont, via Village creek, Jefferson county,
and Jonas Cravy’s, in Tyler county, to Town Bluff.
From Nacogdoches to Ewingsville, in Angelina
county.
From Austin, via Cameron, to the Falls of Brazos,
and the route from Springfield to Buffalo, shall be so
changed as to pass through Tawackany Hills, and Cor-
sicanna, the county site of Navarro.
From Gonzales to Goliad.
From Corsicanna, the county site of Navarro, via
Porter’s Bluff, to Buffalo.
From Hodges’s post office, in Fort Bend county, to
Arnold’s post office, in Austin county, via Gasten’s,
Wade’s, and Stephen Tippett’s.
From Houston to Gonzales, via Richmond, Colum-
bus, and Petersburgh.
From Galvaston to Columbia, via Virginia Point,
Liverpool, Gustavus Bertrand’s, Parker’s Point, and
Garen Hines’.

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621
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625
626
627
628
629
630
631
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633
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635
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637
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639 From Passo Cavallo to Corpus Christi, via Lamar,
Copano, and Aransas Pass.
From Lagrange to Goliad, via Chisholm’s Ferry.
From Indian Point to Victoria.
From San Antonio to Victoria, via Goliad.
From Refugio to Lamar.
From Columbia to Matagorda, via Brazoria, Cedar
Lake, and Caney.
From Lagrange to Texana, via Lyons, Peters-
burgh, and Kerr’s.
From Houston, via Fanthorp’s, to Springfield.
From San Antonia to Laredo.
From Austin, via Young’s settlement, to Caldwell.
From Braunfel’s to Fredericksburgh.
From Washington, via Fanthorp’s, to Huntsville.
From San Felipe to Washington, via new county
seat of Austin county.
From Corpus Christi to county seat of Cameron
county.
From Corpus Christi to Rio Grande city.
From Corpus Christi to Laredo.
From the mouth of the Rio Grande to Laredo, by
steamboat or land, via Rio Grande city.
From Buffalo to Washington, via Fanthorp’s.

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640
641
642
643 From Cameron, in Milan county, to Crockett, via
Nashville, Wheelock, Leona, and Alabama.
From Marshall, in Harrison county, via Hagan’s
Ferry, in Upshur county, to Tyler, in Smith county.

644 MISSOURI.

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663 From Alexandria, via St. Francisville, Wood’s Mills,
Fox, Bloomfield, Drakesville, Princeton, and Knoxville,
to Fort Des Moines, in Iowa.
From Fredericktown, Madison county, via Davalt
Bollinger’s, to Lowndes, Wayne county.
From Brunswick, Chariton county, via Utica, to
Gallatin.
From Cassville, via Mount Pleasant, to Sarcoxie.
From Brunswick, via Compton’s Ferry, to Chilli-
cothe.
From Alexandria to Winchester.
From Alexandria to Canton.
From Oseola, via Quincy, to Hickory court-house.
From Kirksville, via Lancaster, to Fort Des
Moines, in Iowa.
From Memphis to Keosauqua, in Iowa.
From Westport to Harrisonville.
From Arrow Rock to Georgetown.
From Fulton to Linn.

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665
666
667
668
669
670 From Round Hill to Arator.
From Buffalo, via St. Paul, to Forsyth.
From Richmond, via Far West, Maysville, and
Gentryville, to Athens.
From Gallatin, via Marysville, to Saint Joseph.
From Hartsville to Waynesville.
From Danville to Mexico.

671 IOWA.

672
673
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676
677
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681
682
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685
686
687
688 From Mount Pleasant, via Deed’s Mill, Brighton
and Oskaloosa, to Monroe City.
From Delhi, via Cascade and Green’s Ferry, to
Galena, in Illinois.
From Quasqueton, via Independence, to Sturges’s
Rapids, Black Hawk county.
From Raccoon Forks of the Des Moines river
to Council Bluff.
From El Kader to Jacksonville.
From Fort Madison, via West Point, Lowell,
Mount Pleasant, Crawfordsville, and Iowa City, to
Dubuque.
From Tipton, via Pioneer Grove and Marion, to
the county seat of Benton county.
From Cedar Rapids, Linn county, via the county
seat of Benton county, to the Falls of Cedar river,
Black Hawk county.

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689
690
691 From Iowa City, via Wasson’s Mills, Washington
county, Houston’s Point, Keokuck county, and Sigourney,
to Lancaster.

692 WISCONSIN.

693
694
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696
697
698
699
700
701
702
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704
705
706
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713 From Southport, via Pleasant Prairie and Franklin,
to Antioch, in Illinois.
From Southport, via Pleasant Prairie and Walker’s
Prairie, to Richmond, in Illinois.
From Port Washington, via Salisbury Mills and
Horricon, to Beaver Dam, Dodge county.
From Geneva, via East Troy, Eagleville and Wa-
terville, to Summitt.
From Waupun, Fond du Lac county, via Ceresco,
to Dartford.
From Darien, via Reed’s Corners, Richmond, and
Utter’s Corners, to Whitewater.
From Milwaukie, via Troy, Elkhorn, Delaware,
Darien, Allen’s Grove, and Clinton, to Beloit.
From Fond du Lac, via Humesville, to Plover
Portage, on Wisconsin river.
From Potosi to Beetown.
From Summitt, via Oconomewoc, Neosho, and
Maysville, to Fond du Lac.
From Janesville, via Stone’s Bridge, Fulton, and
Dunkirk, to Madison.

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714
715
716
717
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719 From Port Washington to Fond du Lac.
From Sheboygan, via Maysville and Henricon, to
the county seat of Dodge county.
From Watertown, Jefferson county, via Waupun,
Ceresco, Berlin, and Plover Portage, to Stevens’s Point,
in Portage county.

720 NEW YORK.

721
722
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728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736 From Florence, Onedia county, New York, to Os-
ceola, Lewis county.
From Geneva, Ontario county, New York, via Gor-
ham, Rushville and Naples, to Dansville, in Livingston
county.
From Fosterdale, Sullivan county, New York, via
Callikoon village and Round Pond, to Rockland, in said
county.
From Greenville, Green county, New York, via
Norton Hill, to Oak Hill.
From Gilboa, Schoharie county, New York, via Jef-
ferson and North Harpersfield, to Davenport, Delaware
county.
From Chateaugay, Franklin county, New York, to
the Canada line, adjoining the north part of the town of
Clinton.

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741
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747
748
749
750
751
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757 From Alden, Erie county, New York, to Millgrove,
in said county, near the residence of Moses Case.
From Williamstown, Oswego county, New York, to
Amboy corners, in said county.
From Rome, Onedia county, New York, to Vernon
Centre, in said county.
From Augusta, Onedia county, New York, to Madi-
son, in the county of Madison.
From Copenhagen, Lewis county, New York, via
Boynton’s corners, Worthville, and Jacksonville, to Lor-
raine, in Jefferson county.
From Jefferson, Schoharie county, New York, to
Bryneville, in said county.
From Elmira, Chemung county, New York, via
East Veteran and West Cayuta, to Ithaca, Tompkins
county.
From Lafargeville, Jefferson county, New York, via
Shantyville, Parker Settlement, Theresa, Ox Bow, and
Caledonia, to Governeur, St. Lawrence county.
From Malone, Franklin county, New York, to Fort
Covington, same county.

758 NEW JERSEY.

759
760
761 From Columbia, in the township of Knowlton,
New Jersey, along the Delaware river, to Flat Brook-
ville, in Sussex county.

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764
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766
767
767
769
770
771 From Germantown, via Unionville, to Ger-
man valley.
From Key Port, New Jersey, to Squankum.
From Tuckahoe, via lower bridge on Cedar creek
Seaville, Townsend’s inlet, to Cape May court-house.
From Cranbury to South Brunswick, Middlesex
county, New Jersey.
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, via Camden, New
Jersey, Ellesburg, Fellowship and Green Tree, to Mount
Laurel, Burlington county, New Jersey.

772 SOUTH CAROLINA.

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7 From Anderson, via Seneca, Centerville, Steel’s,
Churubusco, Milwees, and back to Anderson.
From Willow Grove, by Sheto Rusk’s Mills, Beth-
lehem, and Taylorsville, to Willow Grove, being a circuit
of thirty-four and a half miles.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the above
routes shall go into operation on the first day of October
next or sooner, should the funds of the department justify
the same: Provided, That as soon as a responsible con-
tractor shall offer to transport the mails over any portion
of the routes included in this bill, the Postmaster General
shall have the power forthwith to put them under contract.