The office that would later become the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Post Office Department">United States Post Office Department</a> is established by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.