PI 168 Description:
89. INDEX TO NAMES OF CARRIERS IN SMALL CITY POST OFFICES. 1888-1902. 1 vol. 1 in.
This is an index to part of the register described in entry 85. Listed are each carrier’s name, date of appointment, date of any change in status, and a code number for the name of the post office. The entries are arranged alphabetically by name of carrier.
National Archives Identifier (NAID):
This Series is not online.
Nara Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/609348
This Series has not been microfilmed.
Sample images:
The Series is just an index to Entry 85, but it still lists some information putting your research subject in a time and place.
Neat to see a Graves’ index outside of County Courthouse books:
Take note of how some of the remarks indicate a date that a carrier passed away:
Jeanette’s Sample Citation:
Christopher T. Donnelly’s letter carrier appointment, “Index to Names of Carriers in Small City Post Offices,” 1 September 1888; Individual Record of Letter Carrier’s Offices of the 2nd Class U.S.P.O.D.; Record Group 28: Records of the Post Office Department; National Archives, Washington, D.C.