Mailboxes are installed in Boston.
1850
The first public mailboxes in Boston, they are spherical in shape and mounted on the poles of streetlights. The first home delivery of mail in Boston begins sometime during the Civil War.
Sources
- Jaffe, Eric
The first public mailboxes in Boston, they are spherical in shape and mounted on the poles of streetlights. The first home delivery of mail in Boston begins sometime during the Civil War.