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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.
On January 1, 1802, a post office was established in present-day Doylestown. 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.
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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. As a major crossroads in a largely agricultural area, Doylestown became a central village in the County, leading to its designation as the ...
Feb 4, 2016 · Title: History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 Year: 1904 Authors: Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910 Subjects: Publisher: Doylestown, Pa. : Intelligencer Print Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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).
Book/Printed Material History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 Back to Search Results View 500 images in sequence.
The Doylestown Agricultural Works produced farming implements such as the Doylestown Thresher, which won first prize in at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Over the course of its history, from 1867 to 1967, the company supplied equipment to farmers throughout the United States and abroad, including Peru and Jerusalem.
