postmaster
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After his reelection in 1832, Jackson nominated Kendall to be postmaster general.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Both the postmaster general and Congress choose to ignore the elephant in the room—the American Postal Workers Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
He was a postmaster for 30 years and went on to be a local councillor before retiring in 2013.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
U.S. in 1838, which limited presidential control of the postmaster general, and Myers v.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
“The postmaster delivered the stack. He wasn’t sure what to do with them. They were all unsigned.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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 thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Betty Brown has been a fierce advocate for postmasters and this government has now paid out over £1.3bn to more than 10,000 victims.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 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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