Friday, April 27, 2018

Salem, NC, Postal Service



The first post office was opened in Salem in 1792, and Gottlieb Schober was appointed Postmaster. Mail was delivered by horseman.

August 20, 1792 - "For the first time we had the pleasure of receiving letters from Europe and Pennsylvania by the post-rider who will now come every fourteen days."

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