Author: United States Postal Service
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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History of the U.S. Postal Service, 1775-1980
Author: United States Postal Service
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Publisher:
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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History of the U.S. Postal Service, 1775-1982
Author: Rita L. Moroney
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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History of the U.S. Postal Service, 1775-1980
Author: United States Postal Service
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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The United States Postal Service
Author: United States Postal Service Staff
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ISBN: 9780963095244
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9780963095244
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Neither Snow Nor Rain
Author: Devin Leonard
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802189970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802189970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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New York Postal History
Author: John L. Kay
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ISBN: 9780933580053
Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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ISBN: 9780933580053
Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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National Register Bulletin
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Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Category : Buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Post Office Reform
Author: Sir Rowland Hill
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Publisher:
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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