Joseph Wheaton papers, 1805-1808
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828
- Date:
- 1805-1808
- Extent:
- 0.25 Linear Feet 5 folders and 1 oversize folder
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Joseph Wheaton papers, ms 1124. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of papers of Joseph Wheaton pertaining to the development of the U.S. postal route from Washington D.C. to New Orleans, Louisiana from 1805-1808. Correspondence and legal dispositions regard misuse of federal funds against Wheaton and the U.S. Post Office under Postmaster Gideon Granger. Materials also document the development of the road, the frontier postal system, problems with mail delivery, and descriptions of the territory from "Coweta Town to the Tombigby" river, the "high Shoals of Appalachy River on the frontier of Georgia" to Fort Stoddert and the Athens, Georgia vicinity.
- Biographical / historical:
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Joseph Wheaton (1755-1828) was a mail carrier for the postal route from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in chronological order and by record type.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Postal service -- Georgia
Fraud investigation -- United States
Post roads -- United States.
Post roads -- Georgia.
Postal service -- United States.
Correspondence - Names:
- United States. Post Office Dept.
Granger, Gideon, 1767-1822 - Places:
- Athens (Ga.) -- Description and travel.
Georgia -- Description and travel.
Access and use restrictions
- Preferred citation:
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Joseph Wheaton papers, ms 1124. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.