George Purvis
Post Riders
Mon Jan 15 16:08:04 2001


:Mr. Newman,
I know nothing of the two terms that you asked about, however in transcribing my "grandfather's" letters, I gather that mail and goods were shipped home by a friend or relative of one of the soldiers. So far in reading these letters home, I have found three different people transporting goods-food, clothing, mail, and horses. Maybe the terms you speak of have to do with these people.
George:

• Personal?/Official? Mail — L C Lanphere, Sat Jan 20 10:28
• Personal mail. — Hayes Lowe, Sat Jan 20 18:20
• Post Riders — SKNewman, Mon Jan 15 19:21
• Post Riders — George Purvis, Mon Jan 15 22:08
• Family operation — SKNEWMAN, Tue Jan 16 07:50