Long Island: Starting in a Shed – New York Times

Long Island: Starting in a Shed
New York Times, United States
The island's first post office opened in 1789 in the town of Sag Harbor. It would be unrecognizable today — the office was in a small shedlike building attached to the home of Henry Packer Dering, Sag Habor's first postmaster.

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