He visited nearly all the post offices in the colonies and introduced many improvements into the service.

In none of his positions did his transcendent business ability show to better advantage.

He established new postal routes and shortened others.

There were no good roads in the colonies, but his post riders made what then seemed wonderful speed.
The bags were opened to newspapers, the carrying of which had previously been a private and unlawful perquisite of the riders.

Previously there had been one mail a week in summer between New York and Philadelphia and one a month in winter.