{"id":9797,"date":"2020-03-09T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T15:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=9797"},"modified":"2024-05-14T21:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T21:54:22","slug":"post-roads-in-1873","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=9797","title":{"rendered":"Post-Roads in 1873"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Googlebooks\u00a0<\/em>contains a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=aWA2AQAAMAAJ&amp;dq=%22fountain%20green%22%20rough&amp;pg=RA1-PA1#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">scan of an 1873 Congressional Act<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Revising and embodying all the Laws authorizing Post-Roads, in force on the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.&#8221; To be frank, I stumbled upon it while looking for something totally unrelated. That&#8217;s often how the best things are found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The title pages have been reproduced as a part of this blog post. The specific publication also included legislation related to the District of Columbia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads_title.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads_title.jpg 569w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads_title-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nThe page numbering starts over again for the legislation related to the Post-Roads (a direct link to the first page<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=aWA2AQAAMAAJ&amp;dq=%22fountain%20green%22%20rough&amp;pg=PA203#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">&nbsp;is here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Act begins with bridges over the Mississippi River&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads_title2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads_title2.jpg 477w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads_title2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nAnd continues with a list of post roads listed alphabetically by state. The page reproduced here (48) lists roads for part of Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even a few post offices at individual residences are listed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads2.jpg 681w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/postroads2-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n&nbsp;Too bad there are no maps, but this was a really interesting find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give it a look for those areas where you have an interest.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Googlebooks\u00a0contains a\u00a0scan of an 1873 Congressional Act\u00a0&#8220;Revising and embodying all the Laws authorizing Post-Roads, in force on the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.&#8221; To be frank, I stumbled upon it while looking for something totally unrelated. That&#8217;s often how the best things are found. 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