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Tag Archives: Post Office
clique politics
A war widow was passed over in the appointment of a Post Master in Penn Yan, New York. A Democrat paper showed that even a Republican paper disagreed with the decision. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in July … Continue reading
taunts
Couldn’t folks have been a little more bipartisan 150 years ago? From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in July 1865: Employment for Soldiers. The Auburn Advertiser days the scarcity of help among the farmers, should induce the returned soldiers … Continue reading
information please
papers closed and mail disrupted The success of the Union armies is putting a big crimp in the newspaper business. Even though everything was reported quiet at Petersburg (although “consolidation” was imminent), the Southern mail wasn’t able to leave Richmond … Continue reading
postal peace
It was a short labor stoppage at the Richmond Post Office, where clerks had not had a raise since the war and its rampant inflation began. And our Richmond newspaper still sees a lot of pressure on prices. Even though … Continue reading
post office resignations
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 21, 1863: Postal communication Stopped. –Resignation of the Clerks in the City Post-Office. –Yesterday evening the clerks in the City Post-Office resigned in a body, and the business of that office has come to … Continue reading
Going Postal in the CSA
Ensuring a Smooth Transition while Limiting Liability From The New-York Times March 26, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): POSTAL SERVICE IN THE SOUTH.; [CIRCULAR.] CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. The Government of the Confederate States will not interfere … Continue reading
