If you think the mail is slow today, imagine how long it took to be delivered in Colonial America. Under British rule, everything mailed between colonies had to be sent to England first before reaching its final destination. When the British appointed Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General, he greatly improved delivery times by championing the concept of interconnectivity between the colonies.

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