Name/Title
Pony Express Rates Advertisement, St. Joseph Newspaper, Photo, c. 1860Entry/Object ID
P1996.1P.585Description
Pony Express Rates Advertisement, St. Joseph Newspaper, Photo, c. 1860. b/w. Photograph of an advertisement from unidentified newspaper, probably St. Joseph Advertiser. Gives delivery time and rates. #585 is advertisement only. #586 is narrative from unidentified source dealing with evidence for Pony Express office in Patee House.
"Central Overland California
and Pike's Peak Express Co
PONY EXPRESS!
from Saint Joseph, MO.,
to San Francisco in TEN DAYS!
(Fifteen days during winter)
Passes through, and takes Letters to the following points:
Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, Fort Bridger, Great Salt Lake City, Camp Floyd, Virginia City, Carson City, Placerville and Sacramento City.
CHARGES
Letters not exceeding ¼ oz. $2.50
Letters over ¼ oz. and not exceeding ½ oz. 5.00
AGENTS
J.B. Simpson, New York; Cobb, Candler & Co., Boston; W.H. Warder, Chicago; Samuel & Allen, St. Louis; J.F. Caldwell, Washington City.
St. Joseph Office at Patee House."Made/Created
Date made
1860Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony expressSearch Terms
Pony Express Advertisement, Patee House
