United States Post Office, Lexington, Ky. Postmaster account book, 1813-1823, 1818-1819 (bulk dates).

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United States Post Office, Lexington, Ky. Postmaster account book, 1813-1823, 1818-1819 (bulk dates).

This is an account book detailing the arrival and departure of mail at the post office in Lexington, Ky. from October 1818 to June 1819.

.1 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6822721

University of Kentucky Libraries

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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...