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United States. Post Office Department

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80013583

Instance Of

Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

Variants

P.O.D.
POD
United States. Post Office Dept.

Additional Information

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n80013583

Associated Language
Field of Activity

Related Terms

United States. Postmaster General

Additional Related Forms

United States Postal Service

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++80013583#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Earlier Established Forms

United States. General Post Office
United States. Post Office Dept.

Sources

found: Cullinan, G. The Post Office Department, 1968:p. 26, etc. (General Post Office, term first used for U.S. postal service, so called in first report of postmaster general to the Congress, 1790; Post Office Department not used until 1825)

found: Wikipedia, October 27, 2015(under United States Postal Service: the Postal Reorganization Act, signed by President Richard Nixon on August 12, 1970, replaced the cabinet-level Post Office Department with the independent United States Postal Service, and took effect on July 1, 1971)

Change Notes

1980-02-07: new

2015-10-29: revised

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