Folded letter to the General Post Office from R.M.C., January 1808

January 28, 1808

This is a three-page folio ALS to the General Post Office in Washington, D.C. regarding the continuation of the postal route in case of war at a future period. Written from Coopers Ferry, Gloucester County, New Jersey, on 28 January 1808, this is "a copy of a letter sent to General Post Office, Washington City." Signed "R. M. C.," likely Robert M. Cooper who replaced Postmaster Charles Cooper (1806-1810) at Cooper's Ferry in 1810. The Post Office name at Cooper's Ferry changed to Camden, NJ, on June 22, 1829.