POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Baltimore, MD 21202 (Independent City)
Date of Photo: (circa 1907)
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: Baltimore, MD Post Office was established on May 8, 1775 with Miss Mary Katherine Goddard as its first postmaster. May 8, 1775 was the date of William Goddard's system of Constitutional post offices, which was apparently in operation by late 1774. While William Goddard toured the Colonies, agitating for independence, his sister, Mary, managed the Baltimore Post Office and the printing of the Maryland Journal.