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Jun 14, 2021 · Meet Charles Stewart. He was the village postmaster when the first office opened on Jan. 1, 1802. It was just 27 years after the U.S. Post Office was born during the American Revolution. Charlie’s claim to fame is he started the first door-to-door postal delivery route in the United States.
Aug 15, 2016 · Background. This record was prepared in the office of the Junior Assistant to the Postmaster General from 1832 to January 2, 1835; Second Assistant Postmaster General from July 2, 1836, to 1851; First Assistant Postmaster General from 1851 to 1950; and the Bureau of Post Office Operations from 1950 to September 30, 1971. Records Description.
The first postal carrier system in the United States was inaugurated when Postmaster Stewart regularly carried the letters around the village in the bell-shaped crown of his high beaver hat and delivered them in person to his patrons.
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History. William Doyle's 18th Century Inn, founded at the intersection of the Philadelphia to Easton, and Swedsford to Coryell's Ferry roads, was the seed that bloomed into the town now known as Doylestown.
This collection of The Bucks County Bankers Association records, 1924-1963 (bulk 1946-1963),includes correspondence, analyses, meeting minutes, lists of past presidents and officers, clippings, annual meeting programs, and pamphlets.
4 days ago · The first pool, measuring 40 feet by 120 feet, was one of the first freshwater pools in Pennsylvania. It opened on June 21,1927, and was named in honor of William’s Aunt Fanny Chapman (1846-1924). In 1956, all the pool’s assets were transferred to Doylestown Borough, and the trustees became the board of managers.
Once a small village surrounded by farms, Doylestown developed into a bustling borough with a thriving downtown, a university, two museums, and commuter rail that carried passengers to Philadelphia in an hour. Prior to European colonization, the Lenni Lenape Indians lived on the land that later became Doylestown.
