Chapter LXXV. to alter and establish certain post-roads
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Chap. LXXV.— An Act to alter and establish certain post-roads. April 18, 1814. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Discontinuance of post-roads. That the post-roads hereafter named be discontinued: Maryland.*In Maryland.*—From Queen Ann’s to Pig Point. Virginia.*In Virginia.*—From Mecklinburg Courthouse, by St. Tammany and Lombardy Grove, to Gees’ Bridge. From Tazewell Courthouse, by Russell Courthouse and Lee Courthouse, to Cumberland Gap.
From Springfield to Romny. THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 75. 1814. 131 *In North Carolina.*—From Suffolk, by Gates Courthouse, to Edenton.Discontinuance of post-roads.North Carolina. From Elizabethtown to Whitesville. From Charlotte, by Beaty’s Ford, to Lincolnton. *In Georgia.*—From Greensborough to Washington. From Darien,Georgia. by Jones, to Milledgeville. *In Kentucky.*—From Lewis Courthouse, by Flemingsburg, Millersburg,Kentucky. Mount Sterling, Olympian Springs, and Little Sandy salt works, to Cattletsburg. *In Tennessee.*—From Alexander’s, by White Plains, to Carthage.Tennessee.
From Bledsoe Courthouse to Franklin Courthouse. *In Ohio.*—From Steubenville, by Faucettstown, to New Lisbon.Ohio. From New Lisbon, by Salem, to Columbiana. From Springfield to Troy. From Zanesville to Coshocton. *In Louisiana.*—From La Fourch, by Point Coupee, to Opeloosa.Louisiana. *In Indiana.*—From Jeffersonville, by Clarksville, to Vincennes.Indiana. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the following be establishedEstablishment of post-roads. post-roads: *In New Hampshire.*—The post-road from Rochester to Wakefield beNew Hampshire. altered so that it pass through Farmington, Middleton, and Wolfborough, to Wakefield. *In Maine.*—From Waterford, by Norway, Plantation Third, Rumford,Maine. and Bethel, to Waterford.
From Livermore, by Jay and Wilton, to Farmington. *In Massachusetts.*—From Springfield to Southwick. From Stafford,Massachusetts. Connecticut, by Monson, to Palmer, in Massachusetts. From Hatfield, by Whately, Conway, and Ashfield, to Charlemont. From Athol to Greenfield. From Kingston to Halifax. *In Connecticut.*—From Middletown, by Hebron, to Windham. FromConnecticut. Sharon, by Ellsworth, Cornwall bridge, and Warren, to Litchfield. From Providence, in Rhode Island, through Scituate, to Ashford, in Connecticut. *In New York.*—From Bettsburg to Deposit.
From Albany, by Bath,New York. Sand Lake, Stephenson, Hancock, and Lanesborough, to Dalton, in Massachusetts. From Sheldon, by Willink and Hamburg, to Buffaloe. From Onondago, by Tully, Preble, and Homer, to Courtland Courthouse. From Chesterfield to Jay, in Essex county. From Peekskill, by Westpoint, to Newburg. From Stamford, by Waterville, to Roseville. From Esperanza, by Schoharie Courthouse and Middleburg, to Stanford, on the turnpike road. From Middletown, Delaware county, by Colchester and Hancock, to Deposit.
From Aurelius to Sempronius. From Brooklyn to Flatbush. From Albany, by Spencertown, to Sheffield, in Massachusetts. From Cairo, by Windham, to Lexington. From Green, on the turnpike, west, to Lisle. *In New Jersey.*—From Morristown, by Newtown, to Millford, in Pennsylvania.New Jersey. *In Pennsylvania.*—From Wysor, by Orewill and Warren, to Nanticocke,Pennsylvania. in New Jersey. From Washington to West Alexandria. From York, by York Haven, to Middletown. From Somerset, by Melford, Turkyfoot and Addison, to Smith’s Stand on the national road.
From Lewistown, by Beavertown, Middleburg and Selin’s Grove, to Sunbury. From Beavertown to Burgetstown. From Burgetstown, by Hookstown, Georgetown, Beaver bridge and Fulkstown, to New Lisbon, in Ohio. From Burlingville to Easton. From Wilmington, by West Chester, to Pottsgrove, Swamp Churches and Summary Town, to Samuel Seller’s tavern, on the post-road leading from Philadelphia toward Bethlehem, in Bucks county. From the town of Indiana, through Kataning to Butler Town. *In Ohio.*—From Urbanna to Springfield, in Champaign county.
FromOhio. Canton, by Springfield, Sufiield, Talmadge and Stow, to Cleveland. 132 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 75. 1814. Establishment of post-roads.From Portsmouth to Vanceburg, in Kentucky. From Urbanna to Troy. From Chilicotha, by Lebanon, to Cincinnati. From Athens, by Lancaster, to Columbus. From Cadiz, by Freeport, White Eyes Plains, Coshocton, Mount Vernon and Clinton, to Fredericktown. From Steubenville, by Faucettstown, Fulkstown, Achor, Fairfield, Columbiana, Salem, Grissels, Sandy Store, Thompson’s salt works, and Lower salt works, to Steubenville.
From Columbus, by Washington, to New-market. From Columbus, by London, to Xenia. Indiana.*In Indiana.*—From Eaton, in Ohio, to Salisbury. From Washington Courthouse to Valonia. From Charlestown, by Washington Courthouse and Lindly’s mills, to Vincennes. Illinois.*In Illinois.*—From Cahokia, by Madison Courthouse and Clinton Hill, to Cahokia. From Kaskaskia to Johnson Courthouse. Delaware.*In Delaware.*—From Christiana to Newark. Maryland.*In Maryland.*—From Libertytown, by Union Bridge and Uniontown, to Westminster.
From Annapolis to Pig Point. Virginia.*In Virginia.*—From Clarksburg, by Morgantown, Waynesboro’, in Pennsylvania, to Wheeling. From Monroe Courthouse to Lewisburg. From Fredericksburg to the mouth of Potomac run. From Fincastle, by the mouth of Cowpasture, to Callahan’s. From Norfolk, by Elizabeth-city, to Edenton, in North Carolina. From Wood Courthouse to Jacksonville. From Abingdon, by Russell Courthouse and Mockinson Gap, to Abingdon. From Pughtown to Springfield. From Dumfries, by Walnut Branch, to Fauquier Courthouse.
From Columbia to Warren. From Charlottesville to Warren. From Percival’s, by Lewisville and Lombardy Grove, to St. Tammany. From Petersburg, by Frenchtown, to Morganville. From Hanover Courthouse, by Hanover-town and New-Castle, to New Kent Courthouse. Kentucky.*In Kentucky.*—From Mount Sterling to Floyd Courthouse. From Bairdstown, by Grayson Courthouse and Butler Courthouse, to Russelville. From Washington, by Williamsburg, to Lewis Courthouse. From Greenup Courthouse to Little Sandy salt works.
North Carolina.*In North Carolina.*—From Grayson Courthouse, Virginia, by Edwards and M‘Millen’s, to Ash Courthouse. From Suffolk, Virginia, by Sunbury and Gates Courthouse, to Edenton. From Trent Bridge, by Trenton, to Duplin Courthouse. From Winton to Gates Courthouse. From Windsor to Williamston’s. From Wilmington, by Whiteville and Fairbluff, to Barfield Mill, in South Carolina. From Charlotte to Lincolnton. From Salisbury to Lincolnton. From Hillsborough, by High Rock, to Lennox Castle.
Tennessee.*In Tennessee.*—From Newport, by Greenville, Rogersville, and Lee Courthouse, in Virginia, to Cumberland Gap. From Carthage, by Sparta, to Alexander’s. From Sparta, by M‘Minville and Winchester, in Franklin county, to Huntsville, in the Mississippi territory. South Carolina.*In South Carolina.*—From Belfast, by Satterthwait’s, to Cambridge. Georgia.*In Georgia.*—From Milledgeville, by Greenboro, Lexington, and Danielsville, to Carnsville. From Milledgeville, by Irvinton, Dublin, Montgomery Courthouse, Tatnal Courthouse, and Barrington, to Darien.
From Dublin to Telfair Courthouse. From Riceboro, by Barrington and Jefferson, to St. Marys. From Brunswick to Frederica. Louisiana.*In Louisiana.*—From Blanchardsville, by Assumption, to Opeloosa. From Assumption to La Fourch (Interior) Courthouse. From Concordia to Washita Courthouse. From Concordia to Warren Courthouse. Sec. 3. *And be further enacted, *That the Postmaster-General cause a mail to be carried from the nearest post-office on any established postroad to the Courthouse of any county which is now, or may hereafter be, established in any of the states or territories of the United States, and which is not or will not otherwise be accommodated with the mail; and the road on which the same shall be so carried, shall thereupon become a THIRTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 78, 79. 1814. 133 post-road, and so continue until other provision shall be made by law for the accommodation thereof with the mail. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That the Secretary of State be, and isCertain documents may be transmitted by Secretary of State free of postage. hereby authorized to transmit by the mail, free of postage, one copy of the documents hereafter mentioned, being on subjects of a general nature, and which may be ordered to be printed by either house of Congress, namely, of communications with the accompanying documents, made by the President of the United States to Congress, or either house thereof; of reports made by the Secretary of State, by the Secretary of the Treasury, by the Secretary of War, by the Secretary of the Navy, by the Postmaster General, by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, to Congress, or either house thereof, in pursuance of any law or resolution of either house: affirmative reports on subjects of a general nature made to Congress, or either house thereof, by any committee respectively : for each of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and of the District Courts, and of the territories of the United States, to any post-office within the United States, they may respectively designate.
Approved, April 18, 1814.