On This Day July 26

Benjamin Franklin laid the framework that would set up the American postal system. He was appointed postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737 and then joint postmaster general of the colonies, during which he invested nearly 40 years in establishing a reliable system of private communications in the colonies. The U.S. postal system was established by the 2nd Continental Congress on July 26, 1775, with Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general.

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