Excerpt from A Leaf of Express History: Mr. E. H. Virgil and the National Company Mr. Virgil, on his first trip, left Albany on the 3oth day of June, 1842. The first regular agency was established in the fall of 1842, at Castleton, Vermont, with Geo. D. Spencer as agent. Messrs. Virgil and Jacobs continued to gether until February, 1843, when the lat ter becoming discouraged, withdrew, his place being taken by a Mr. Howard, who also withdrew after eight months' service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.