Yet the Frenchman's travels might not have been possible if many stage-coach companies had not been subsidized--through Congress--so that mail could be carried, and representatives travel home, to remote districts.
Congress refused to subsidize the stage-coach companies and many travelers paid the price.
mnli hypothesis: Congress refused to subsidize the stage-coach companies and many travelers paid the price. premise: Yet the Frenchman's travels might not have been possible if many stage-coach companies had not been subsidized--through Congress--so that mail could be carried, and representatives travel home, to remote districts.