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In 1639- Richard Fairbanks' tavern in Boston was named repository for overseas mail

According to an article in the April 8, 1922 Boston Globe describes the first Post Office:
"The first post office in Boston—and probably in the first in America—was established in the home of Richard Fairbanks, on or very near the site of the [old] Boston Globe building in 1639. On November 6 of that year, the Court voted: 'For preventing the miscarriage of letters; & it is ordered, that notice be given that Richard Fairbanks his house in Boston is the place appointed for all letters which are brought from beyond the seas, or are to be sent thither, are to be brought into; and he is to take care that they be delivered or sent according to their directions; and he is allowed for every such letter 1 penny, & must answer all miscarriages through his own neglect in this kind; provided, that no man shall be compelled to bring his letters thither, except he please.' "

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