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Benjamin Franklin’s Post Office

One of the many roles Benjamin Franklin played during his life was postmaster. He was a postmaster under the king, and later the first postmaster general of the USA. Today there is an official US Post office in part of his Philadelphia house. It is the only colonial themed US Post office.
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