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The post roads and sea lanes, typical avenues of communication in peacetime, were under constant threat during the war.
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Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Sometimes the county will post road-closure signs at Henness Pass.
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San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Feb. 2021
The constitutional authority that created the Postal Service allowed for the construction of post roads to link faraway cities; eventually, these ran all the way from Florida to Maine.
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Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2020
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Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Sometimes the county will post road-closure signs at Henness Pass.
—
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Feb. 2021
The constitutional authority that created the Postal Service allowed for the construction of post roads to link faraway cities; eventually, these ran all the way from Florida to Maine.
—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2020
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“Post road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20road. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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