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Doylestown’s first postmaster. It was said that he regularly carried letters in the bell-shaped crown of his high beaver hat to deliver mail to his patrons. A similar high beaver hat worn by William Green, postmaster of Quakertown (183-1829) is located in Mercer Museum.13
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.
Charles Stewart, the first postmaster, carried letters to recipients in the bell-shaped crown of his high beaver hat as he walked about the village. When Stewart died on February 7, 1804, his son-in-law Enoch Harvey became the next postmaster.
met in the first Bucks County Court House as there was no local venue, other than by Charles H. Mann (1809-1892). Mann, who served as Doylestown Postmaster from 1839-1841 and Sheriff from 1844-1856, sold this land to the Society for $1.00. In September, 1844 they began construction of a building.
Currently serving as the Doylestown branch of the Bucks County (Pa.) Free Library, the Melinda Cox Library was Doylestown's first free library. It opened in 1917 through a bequest of Doylestown resident Charles Cox (1832-1914) who left his entire estate to create a community library named after his mother, Melinda Hines Cox (1803-1890).
History of the Doylestown Borough Water Department; Contact. 10 Doyle Street. Doylestown, PA 18901. Borough Hall: (215) 345-4140. Police: (215) 345-4143. Email Us.
