National Postal Museum
William Goddard's petition to the Continental Congress
Continental Congress · September 29, 1774
On this single-sheet manuscript signed by William Goddard, he addressed a petition to the Continental Congress for the establishment of a postal system that would compete with the colonial British Post Office and included an addendum paragraph initialed "W.G.," dated September 29, 1774, and location given as Philadelphia.
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