Memorandum from Charles Johnston to Thomas Jefferson on Lynchburg Mail, [ca. 1–7 September 1810]
Memorandum from Charles Johnston on Lynchburg Mail
[ca. 1–7 Sept. 1810]
| Richmond Mail— | Stated hour is every Monday Morning at 8 OClock but arrives Sunday evening |
| Stated hour for departure every1 Monday evening at 4 OClock—but does not go till tuesday Morning |
Charlottesville Mail arrives every Saturday at 12 OClock departs on Monday at 9 P.M.
Lexington Mail arrives every Thursday2 at 8 PM departs at 9 P.M.3 on Monday
Western Mail arrives every4 Monday at 6 PM departs at 9 PM Same day
MS (MoSHi: TJC-BC); in Johnston’s hand; undated, with conjectural date range inferred from TJ’s endorsement and his 7 Sept. 1810 departure from Poplar Forest; with notes on verso by TJ described at TJ to Gideon Granger, 20 Sept. 1810; endorsed by TJ as Johnston’s “Notes on the post” received in September 1810.
1. Johnston here canceled “tuesday.”
2. Word interlined in place of “Monday.”
3. Johnston here canceled “same day.”
4. Johnston here canceled “Thursday.”