Justice

Should the Post Office Be Saved?

Today's business-centric view of the mail system stands in contrast to its historical civic mandate
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Sunday marked another chapter in the history of the cultural relationship between Boston and New York.

I'm speaking, of course, about the 339th anniversary of the first American mail service. On January 22, 1673, a lone post rider began his journey from the southern tip of Manhattan toward the Bay via Hartford, Connecticut.