postmaster
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The postmaster general, David Steiner, said earlier this month that although the portal was developed quickly, the agency’s standards for quality and security weren’t compromised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Blumenthal, the Connecticut Democrat who received the whistleblower disclosure, asked the postmaster general for detailed info about the plan in a letter this week.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
The 24-year-old said she would be part of a core team of five people - the other roles were a wildlife monitor, shop manager, base leader, and postmaster.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
His contacts were only with the inn and the postmaster.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
He instructed Southern postmasters to record and publicize the names of even individual subscribers to abolitionist newspapers to encourage intimidation by their neighbors and perhaps even compel them to leave the South.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
It will look at how to meet changing consumer needs while also strengthening the relationship between the business and its postmasters.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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