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Benjamin Franklin was appointed by the Continental Congress as the first postmaster general in 1775; he had previously served as deputy postmaster for the Thirteen Colonies since 1753. [7] The formal office of the United States postmaster general was established by act of government on September 22, 1789. [8]
Congress waited to act on the plan until after the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Benjamin Franklin promoted Goddard's plan and was appointed as the first postmaster general under the Continental Congress beginning on July 26, 1775, [5] nearly one year
On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the United States Post Office and named Franklin as the first United States postmaster general. He had been a postmaster for decades and was a natural choice for the position. [96]
1775 - The Continental Congress appoints Benjamin Franklin to be the first United States Postmaster General. 1792 20 February - The US Postal Service Act establishes the United States Post Office Department.
The United States Post Office (USPO) was created on July 26, 1775, by decree of the Second Continental Congress. [6] Benjamin Franklin headed it briefly. Before the Revolution, individuals like Benjamin Franklin and William Goddard were the colonial postmasters who managed the mails then and were the general architects of a postal system that ...
One of those items was a historical collection of letters from one of the first postmasters of the United States, ... was postmaster of New York from 1775 until 1777, when he was then appointed ...
The date of appointment is not known. He is listed as postmaster in a document written by Mary Katherine Goddard. [1] Ebenezer Hazard: Postmaster: October 5, 1775: He was appointed on October 5, 1775 according to his letter to Congress on November 14, 1776. [1] [2] He was later appointed as the United States Postmaster General. William Bedlow ...
1775 was a common year ... Benjamin Franklin postmaster general (July 26) and creating a Continental Navy ... United States general (d. 1857) May 17.