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Title:
The Road that Made America
Date:
ND
Scope & Content:
Magazine article regarding the Boston Post Road. It is the road, then called the King's Highway, that Colonial America's first post rider followed when he set out in 1673 to carry the mail by horseback between New York and Boston.





15 pages
Object ID:
DOC.ND03435
Object Name:
Magazine article
Collection:
Post Riders– Postal Service
People:
Franklin, Benjamin
Wilder, Bob
Van Doren, Carl
Fountain, Milton O.
Spooner, Bathsheba
Foster, Jededia
Way, Richard
Washington, George
Search Terms:
Boston Post Road
King's Highway
postal riders
postal service