In the American colonies the first postal service was in Massachusetts in 1639, when the General Court issued the following: "It is ordered that notice be given that Richard Fairbanks, his house in Boston, is the place appointed for all letters, which are brought from beyond the seas, or are sent thither, to be left with him, and his to take care that they are to be delivered or sent according to direction: and he is allowed for every letter a penny, and he must answer all messages through his neglect of this kin." From this beginning grew our present vast postal system handling untold billions of pieces of mail annually.
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Code: Postal Service 1055
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