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144 favorable, made marvelous time. In 1837 the Post Office Department required, in the contract for carrying the Great Western Express Mail from Washington over the Cumberland Road to Columbus and St. Louis, that the following time be made:

At the same time the ordinary mailcoaches, which also served as passenger coaches, made very much slower time:

Cities off the road were reached in the following time from Washington: