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Thomas said that the nearest post office was in Batavia, roughly 20 miles (33 km) away. It's not clear how long that took, but Rodrigue said, "The average overland speed by horse ... was around 8 kilometers per hour." If that was typical of that Royalton, NY, community, then this mail procedure might have taken three days: The boy could have collected the letters on the first day and spent the night with the family closest to Batavia on the first day. The second day could include eight hours riding to and from Batavia. On the third day, he would revisit the families from the first day. Rodrigue, Jean-Paul (2013). "2. Historical Geography of Transportation: The Emergence of Mechanized Systems". The Geography of Transport Systems. NY: Routledge. ISBN978-0-415-82254-1. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
