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The Congress on Postal Routes to San Diego

Congressional imprint "Post Road From Fort Smith to San Diego." March 3, 1851, 6p. quarto, providing a "Report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of William Bayard, proposing to construct a post road from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to San Diego, on the Pacific, and to convey the mails over said route, respectfully report: That the committee, impressed with the importance of an overland route to the coast of the United States on the Pacific, have considered, with some attention, the proposition of Mr. Bayard to open a road between Fort Smith, Arkansas, and San Diego..." Fine.

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