American Philosophical Society2023-05-222018-04-242014-01-012018-04-24https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/39767This dataset was created from a volume of 372 pages that records receipt and dispatch of all mail in the Philadelphia Post Office between May 25, 1748 and July 23, 1752. Deliveries into the Post Office from out of town were listed, letter by letter, by the names of the addressees, weight and amount due, paid or free. The records were kept during Benjamin Franklin's tenure as Postmaster of Philadelphia.CSVhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/postal historypostal servicebenjamin franklinAmerican StudiesHistory