Wed 17 Nov, 2010 08:52 am - Thanks, Saab! This is helpful...now I just need to figure out the speed for the rest of the route! I am guessing the letter will take 3 weeks to a month... (view)
Wed 17 Nov, 2010 08:51 am - Thanks, Dyslexia! But, gosh, I think it had to have been faster than that! Taking the route along the Rhine it's about 750 mi = 2,625 leagues which would imply that the letter took more than... (view)
Tue 16 Nov, 2010 09:30 pm - Hello,
Does anyone know how long it would take for a letter to go from Cambridge, England, to Basel, Switzerland in 1789?
Thanks so much! (view)
Tue 16 Nov, 2010 12:57 pm - What about the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Sacagawea? Actually weren't there even more examples in the Lewis and Clark expedition, like didn't they need to stay with a group of... (view)
Tue 16 Nov, 2010 11:11 am - Thank you, Joe from Chicago! This is wonderful - from your reply and Setanta's I am getting a very good idea of the legal issues surrounding my baronet and his title/estate. Actually... (view)
Tue 16 Nov, 2010 09:19 am - > Well, according to the Official Roll of the Baronetage, you are correct that those terms were the ones set by James I. He was a very greedy bastard--in 1610, most peers would have been hard... (view)
