A big day in the history of the United States Postal Service
On February 20, 1792, President George Washington officially created the modern United States Postal Service by signing a sweeping act that promoted a free press and put privacy safeguards in place./ Mail delivery and an earlier version of the Service had been in place since 1775, when Benjamin Franklin was named as the first postmaster and the Continental Congress paid him a salary of $1,000 a year. The Articles of Confederation, which preceded the Constitution, also made it clear that the government “shall also have the sole and exclusive ...
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