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Pony Express Eight Days From San Francisco to New York News Article, April 3, 1860Entry/Object ID
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Pony Express Eight Days From San Francisco to New York News Article, April 3, 1860
The Pony Express of the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company will leave San Francisco for New York and intermediate points on Friday, the 20th day of April 1860 and on every Friday thereafter, at four o'clock, P. M. Letters will be received each day of departure at the office of the Alta Telegraph, Montgomery street; at Sacramento until 12 o'clock the same night, at the Alta Telegraph office, Second street; Placerville, until 6 A.M., every Saturday at the office of the Placerville and St. Joseph Telegraph Co. Dispatches will be received at Carson City until 7 1/2 o'clock on Saturday.
Schedule time from San Francisco to New York for Telegraph Dispatches, eight days for letters, twelve days. Letters will be charged to any point on this side of Salt Lake City, five dollars per half ounce, and under at that rate.
The Pony Express charges on each Telegraph Dispatch of any number of words to be transmitted by Telegraph from St. Joseph will be $2.45.
The article was signed by Wm W. Finney General Agent.Lexicon
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