Free Franking & Pre-1789: American Colonial Military Mail (presentation)
by Ravindra Vora
Updated 8/15/2017
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Table of Contents
Title Slide -- Topics -- Franking Privelege: Historical Development -- Circa 1739-41: Jonathan Belcher, Governor of Massachusetts Bay -- 1761: Official OHMS Letter from President Colden -- Challenges of American Revolutionary War: -- 1777-78: General Smallwood to Colonel Hollingsworth -- 1778: Jer. Powell President of Council of Chambers -- 1778: Charles Petit Secretary to Governor of NJ -- 1779 Colonel George Letter -- 1780: James Sutton, Board of War, Philadelphia -- 1785: Timothy Pickering Quarter Master General -- Conclusion --
