Show colonial mail the fol following loNNIng Is from history of tho the united states the mall mail was curried carried by ers who followed the main roads as far as there were any on reaching the settlements they found their way through the forest as best they could by the trolls trails and bridle paths the postman left a city not at regular intervals but only when he received enough mall mail to pay the expenses of the trip the remote settlements were fortunate if they received mall mail once a mouth month benjamin franklin was appointed postmaster general in 1753 and ho he served about 20 years ile he soon made the service a paying one to the crown yet even then the amount of mall delivered in the tha whole country in a year was less than that now delivered in the city of new york in one lay day |