Posr OrrIcE DEPARTMENT.,
Contract Office, May II, l845. (
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SIR:-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt Of your letter Of the LIST inst,
urging the importance Of employing addi-
tional means for the transportation Of the
mail from Burlington to Fairfield, and to
Offices intermediate and beyond, and refer
ring to the petition presented BY you in
March last on the same subject; and in
reply to inform you, that the Postmaster
General, in compliance with your wishes,
directs that the contractor on route No.
1913 be ordered to transport the mail twice
a week in two horse coaches, at $298 ad-
ditional per annum. This order is to take
effect from lst day Of July l845.


am, very respectfully,


Your obt. servant,


s. r. HOBBIE,


lst As't. p. M. Gen.
Hon. A. c. DoDcE, Burlington, Iowa.