United States. Postmaster General
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- Its Tables of the port of all single letters carried by post in the northern district of North America, 1775:t.p. (B. Franklin, post-master general)
- United States. Continental Congress. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1905:v. 2, p. 208, etc. (postmaster general; that a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Phila. ... Benjamin Franklin, Esqr. was unanimously chosen)
- MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: United States. Postmaster General; usage: Post-master General; Postmaster General; Post-Master-General; note: The position of Postmaster General for the United Colonies, created in July 1775, existed separate from any post office agency, department or office until 1789, when a General Post Office was established with the Postmaster General in charge)