Post-Office

The White House, the City Hall, the Treasury, the Patent Office, and the Post-Office were the only public buildings standing then which have not been rebuilt or materially changed.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Various

First we went to the Post-Office, which is a little wooden building, and the Postmaster knows everybody and looks at you over his glasses.

W. A. G.'s Tale Margaret Turnbull

The Post-Office was the famous gathering place in those days, and there it was that young Benjamin was accustomed to go.

A School History of the Negro Race in America, from 1619 to 1890, With a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia. Edward Austin 1890

The Post-Office is a very shrewdly managed department of the public service; it has brought to perfection the art of obtaining

The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories George Gissing 1880

Post-Office, which is now pretty nigh two centuries and a half old.

Post Haste 1859

The general results (independent of the Post-Office, which is kept separately and will be stated by itself), so far as they bear upon this subject, are that the losses which have been and are likely to be sustained by any class of agents have been the greatest by banks, including, as required in the resolution, their depreciated paper received for public dues; that the next largest have been by disbursing officers, and the least by collectors and receivers.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

The general results (independent of the Post-Office, which is kept separately and will be stated by itself), so far as they bear upon this subject, are that the losses which have been and are likely to be sustained by any class of agents have been the greatest by banks, including, as required in the resolution, their depreciated paper received for public dues; that the next largest have been by disbursing officers, and the least by collectors and receivers.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren 1878

"There is a capital library, as you know, at the Post-Office, which is free to all of us, though many of us make little use of it -- more's the pity, -- so that we don't require a library of our own, though we may come to that, too, some day, who knows?

Post Haste 1859

In his first State of the Union address to Congress, in January of 1790, Washington called “facilitating the intercourse between the distant parts of our Country by a due attention to the Post-Office and Post-Roads” a national priority.

The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010

I had lots of fun with what are now classed as "oddball" film formats (like the 620, 128 and 828 films) from some oldish (not-quite antique) cameras that I picked up at Post-Office actions of undeliverable packages.

Making Light: Open thread 135 2010