Farmington Post Office Records 1882-1897

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Farmington Post Office Records 1882-1897

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Established by U.S. Post Office Dept., in 1877 in Whitman County, as Pine Creek Post Office, Pine Creek, Wash.; renamed in 1879 when name of town changed to Farmington. Registers and account books, including money orders issued (1898-1932), money order advices received (1883-1945), record and postal account book (1887-1909), registry delivery book (1910-1923), window registration book (1905-1913), and miscellaneous records and correspondence. Includes information relating to the mail order business conducted in rural eastern Washington during a period when many goods were ordered through major mail order houses.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives

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Pine Creek Post Office (Pine Creek, Wash.)

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United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...

Farmington Post Office (Farmington, Wash.)

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The post office at Farmington, Whitman County, WA was established originally as Pine Creek in 1877. At the request of G.W. Truax, an early settler in the area, who desired to have the town named after Farmington, MN, it was changed in 1879. From the guide to the Farmington Post Office Records, 1882-1897, (Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives) ...