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It's 1673 and you need to send a letter. But wait -- paper is still imported and very expensive. And postage stamps and envelopes will not appear for about 170 more years. There's no mailbox, and there's not even a road connecting New York and Boston.
Early in 1673, Francis Lovelace, the British governor of New York and New Jersey, attempted to set up regular postal service between New York and Boston. Following Indian trails, his postal riders notched trees along the 268-mile journey. Their path, known first as the "King's Best Highway," became the Boston Post Road and is now US Route 1. |