United States. Post Office Dept. records, 1789-1912. 

 - 5  items. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Handwritten transcript of a letterbook of (1789 November 28-1805 March 15) containing copies of letters by postmasters general Gideon Granger, Joseph Habersham, Samuel Osgood, and Timothy Pickering; chart (1807) made by Gideon Granger; accounts (1804-1805, 1807) for the post office at Hamilton, Ohio; record book (1899 April 11-1906 September 25) of the post office at Cavetown, Md.; and essay (1912) entitled, Annals of the Post Office Department, 1607-1775, by E.F. Brown. 
<br/><br/><br/>United States Office of the Postmaster General created by Continental Congress, July 26, 1775; United States General Post Office created by Congress, September 22, 1789, under the direction of the Postmaster General; United States Post Office Department created as government agency by Congress, February 20, 1792; reorganized as United States Postal Service in 1970. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 80005610  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Brown, E. F.<br/>Granger, Gideon, 1767-1822 --Correspondence.<br/>Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815 --Correspondence.<br/>Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 --Correspondence.<br/>Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Cavetown Post Office (Cavetown, Md.)<br/>Hamilton Post Office (Hamilton, Ohio)<br/>United States. Postmaster General. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Postal service--Maryland--Cavetown.<br/>Postal service--Ohio--Hamilton.<br/>Postal service--History.--United States