List Of Post Offices In The United States With The Names Of Postmasters, Of The 1St Of July 1855 Also, The Principal Regulations Of The Post Office Department

An indispensable snapshot of a vital network: the United States postal system on 1 July 1855.Precise official compact quietly revealing.Originally compiled as an official register, this historical postal directory reproduces the List of Post Offices and the names of postmasters current on that date together with the principal regulations of the Post Office Department. As a 19th century reference, it charts United States post offices across townships and counties and preserves postmaster listings 1855 that act as fingerprints of civic identity and communication. The bare entries and rules are themselves narrative: the order of names, the location of offices and the wording of regulations form a ledger of how the American postal system reached into everyday life. For family historians this is a hard-to-find genealogy research resource; for collectors postal history and institutional historians it is a primary postal service archive of vintage government records from the mid-1800s United States. Used alongside period maps and newspapers, the directory helps map migration, commercial routes and the spread of settlements in antebellum America. Its straightforward presentation rewards close reading: small details yield firm leads for local studies, provenance research and exhibitions.Beyond immediate utility, the volume carries genuine historical significance: as a primary source it illuminates administrative language, the logistics of communication and the ties between federal authority and local communities on the eve of the Civil War. Librarians and archivists cite such handbooks when reconstructing postal routes and institutional histories; classic-literature collectors value originals as context for correspondence and published works of the era. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. For casual readers drawn to the texture of ordinary life, and for classic-literature collectors seeking provenance and period documentation, this edition makes it possible to consult and appreciate a working snapshot of postal history whose exact entries still speak across time.