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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.
Jun 14, 2021 · That was standard issue in Doylestown 219 years ago. 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.
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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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Jan 18, 2004 · Early Post Offices Put Their Stamp on History. In 1730, the British government appointed Alexander Spotswood, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia, as deputy postmaster general of America ...
Jan 21, 2021 · 1832-1971 Records. Postmaster appointments for 1832-1971 have been reproduced as Microfilm Publication M841, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832–Sept. 30, 1971 (145 rolls). These records are arranged alphabetically by state, thereunder by county, and thereunder by the name of the post office. The content is similar to the pre-1832 records.
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.
Mar 25, 2012 · Historic Doylestown. March 25, 2012. 12:00 PM. Four hundred forty seven feet above sea level, Doylestown’s courthouse, church spires and the roof peaks of the Mercer Museum can be seen for miles around. As the county seat of Bucks County, it is appropriate that the town is situated near the geographic center of Bucks County.
