Deputy postmaster appointment certificate
National Postal Museum

Deputy postmaster appointment certificate

March 29, 1784

paper; ink
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

This is the appointment of John Harper to deputy postmaster, Chester, Pennsylvania, and is signed by Postmaster General Ebenezer Hazard on March 29, 1784. Hazard was the third Postmaster General (1782-1789) and was largely responsible for reforms and refining the operation of the early postal system.

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