"...Most records on mail and star routes have been transferred by the Postal Service to the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC.
The information in Record Group 28 includes registers of mail and star routes from 1814 to 1960, although there are gaps in these records. Records from 1870 to 1918 were destroyed decades ago. The records usually show the names of the stops along the route as mail traveled between Post Offices, the names of the bidders for the contract, the frequency of service, the distances involved, and the modes of transportation. They usually do not show the names of subcontractors. There are indexes to mail routes by individual Post Offices in some time periods. ..."
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