Somerset County PA Archives News.....First Postal System January 26, 1876
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The Somerset Herald: (Somerset, Pa.) January 26, 1876
First Postal System
The first postal system of the Colonies was organized by four printers: Franklin,
Holt, Goddard and Hazard. July, 1775, Congress appointed Franklin the first
Postmaster General, with salary of $1000, residence in this city, and instructions
to establish posts from Falmouth, New England to Savannah, Georgia, with cross
posts, and rates 20 per cent below the old Parliamentary charges. The Secretary and
Comptroller got $340 each.  

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