Originally Posted by 360view
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Eventually, by putting mail riders out on the roads at night, Ben Franklin managed to cut the delivery time for a letter from Philadelphia to New York and receive a reply to just 24 hours.

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https://factsandhistory.com/how-ben-franklin-established-the-us-post-office/


Probably the only 2 major cities then where anybody knew how to write.