Barbara Polcyn collection, 1847-1976.

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Barbara Polcyn collection, 1847-1976.

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Reports of the Postmaster General, 1847-1854, by Theron Wierenga, Holland, Michigan, 1976.

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Wierenga, Theron,

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Polcyn, Barbara,

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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...