Group or institution

United States Post Office Department

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1825

Every event in Historedia whose sources name United States Post Office Department, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. United States Postal Service establishes a dead letter office

    1825

    Role: Establishing Agency

    1. 1825 · Washington, D.C.Establishment of Dead Letter Office

      The Post Office Department started a dead letter office in 1825 to handle undeliverable mail that could not be delivered or returned.

Sources

  1. Dead letter mail Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
  2. United States Postal Service Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29