postmaster
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After his reelection in 1832, Jackson nominated Kendall to be postmaster general.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sadly, her aunt turns out to be dead, but Quartz Creek’s postmaster encourages Selena to move into her house anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
U.S. in 1926, which held that the president could remove a postmaster in Oregon.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
Her grandfather was postmaster in Lake Nebagamon, Wis., in the 1930s.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
His contacts were only with the inn and the postmaster.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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
She has dedicated the honour to "all the sub postmasters that we have lost".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
Excepting in nine of the larger cities of the state all postmasters are registrars for their respective districts.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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