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Growth of Post-Offices in the United States

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 25, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 14.

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Growth of Post-Offices in the United States

From the time when Ben Franklin made his rounds in his gig to inspect all the post-offices in the United States (1792), to the present time, there has been quite a growth in this government, if post-offices are any indication. The following item is from the Inter-Ocean of Sept. 11:—
“THERE are 41,111 post-offices in the United States, the increase in three months being 471. Of this number Pennsylvania has 3,349: New York, 2,925; Ohio, 2,318; Illinois, 1,957; Virginia, 1,565; Missouri, 1,661; Indiana, 1,610; Alaska, 2. Illinois stands fourth in the list.”