| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Joseph William Briggs Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Briggs, Joseph William Family | | | | Dates: | 1862-1948 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph William Briggs (1813 or 1814-1872) was a United States Post Office employee who served as special agent to the Cleveland, Ohio, branch and traveled throughout the United States to direct the installation of city free delivery service. His daughter Mary Harmony Briggs (1837-1913) was married to Edwin Beard Mastick, Jr. (1844-1918). The collection consists of a patent application, one photograph, and one script. | | | | Call #: | MS 5284 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Postal service -- United States -- History.
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| Article | Save | | 3 | Title: | The public career of Montgomery Blair: particularly with references to his services as postmaster-general of the United States
| | | | Parent: | Rec. Columbia Hist. Soc. Wash. D. C. Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Washington: The Society, 1910. 24 cm. v. 13, p. 126-161. pl. XIV-XVI (ports.)
| | | | Creator: | Daivs, Madison. | | | | Publication: | | | | | Notes: | Read before the Society May 11, 1909. | | | | Call #: | F14B C726 v.13 | | | | Extent: | | | | | Subjects: | Blair, Montgomery, -- 1813-1883 | Postal service -- United States -- History
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| Book | Save | | 6 | Title: | Cyclopedia of United States postmarks and postal history
| | | | Creator: | Norona, Delf, 1895- | | | | Publication: | Quarterman Publications, Lawrence, Mass,[1975]. | | | | Notes: | Reprint, with new foreword, of the 1933-35 ed. published by D. Norona, Moundsville, W. Va. Includes bibliographies. | | | | Call #: | HE6185 U5C35 1975 | | | | Extent: | vi, 405 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Postmarks -- United States -- History | Postal service -- United States -- History
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Joseph William Briggs Papers
| | | | Creator: | Briggs, Joseph William | | | | Dates: | 1852-1954 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph William Briggs (1813 or 1814-1872) was a United States Post Office employee who served as special agent to the Cleveland, Ohio, branch and traveled throughout the United States to direct the installation of city free delivery service. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, certificates, and newspaper clippings relating to Briggs' activities as developer of the free mail delivery system and as special agent to the United States Post Office Department at Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | MS 3207 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Briggs, Joseph William, 1813 or 14-1872. | Postal service -- United States -- Employees. | Postal service -- United States -- History.
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| Book | Save | | 12 | Title: | The Hugh Finlay journal: colonial postal history, 1773-1774
| | | | Creator: | Finlay, Hugh, 1732-1801 | | | | Publication: | U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, s.l.],c1975. | | | | Notes: | Reprint, with new introd. and index, of the 1867 ed. published by F. H. Norton, Brooklyn, N.Y., under title: Journal kept by Hugh Finlay. | | | | Call #: | E183 F511 1975 | | | | Extent: | xxv, 94 p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : map ; 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Finlay, Hugh, -- 1731-1801 | Postal service -- United States -- History | United States -- Description and travel -- To 1783
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