81To Thomas Jefferson from Gideon Granger, 25 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Upon my return from Newhampshire this morning I had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 14th. Instant. With diffidence I offer to undertake the duties of Postmaster-General. my mind would be oppressed with great Solicitude and Anxiety, upon assuming to discharge any high and Important Office. even in that line of business, to a knowledge of which I have devoted a great part of my life, or...
82To Thomas Jefferson from Gideon Granger, 26 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 16th. was duly recd. this Evening. The proposed alteration in the Conveyance of the mail to Charlottesville shall receive my earliest attention. But I dare not make it without an examination of the connections at my Office. I yet think that Mr Langdon has at least an equal Chance for the Goverment in Newhampshire and I am so sanguine as not to doubt that State respecting the...
83Enclosure: Report on Post Roads to New Orleans, St. Louis, and Detroit, 6 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The Postmaster General having considered the several following enquiries, what is the most expeditious route to New Orleans?— to Saint Louis?—to Detroit? for mails which shall contain only free letters and articles charged with letter postage, respectfully Reports Ist. From Washington to New Orleans. The present post road from Washington to New Orleans is by way of Fredericksburg,...