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What:
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Senior postal officials to celebrate more than two centuries of service to the greater Yonkers community by blowing-out candles on the Post Office’s special 222nd birthday cake and thanking residents for their business that began in May 1796 with the appointment of Yonkers first Postmaster, Alpheus Pierson.
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Who:
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Richard Ferrari – Postmaster, Yonkers, NY
Yonkers NY postal employees & postal customers
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When:
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2 p.m., Thursday, May 17, 2018
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Where:
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Main Post Office Lobby
79-81 Main Street
Yonkers, New York 10701
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Details:
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Alpheus Pierson was appointed the first Postmaster of Yonkers in May 1796. Initially, mail services to Yonkers began when the Albany Post Road was completed shortly after the Revolution. At that time mail was delivered to Philipse Manor. In 1788 mail began being delivered to Old Hunt's Tavern. Several years later mail delivery shifted to the country store of Yonkers' first postmaster, Alpheus Pierson. Today, Yonkers postal employees provide mail services to a population of 293,172 at 102,000 delivery addresses in Yonkers, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, and Hastings-on-Hudson. The Yonkers Main Post Office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Postmasters of Yonkers NY:
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Name
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Title
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Appointed
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Alpheus Pierson
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Postmaster
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05/12/1796
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Aaron Vark
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Postmaster
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10/28/1809
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Thomas O. Farrington
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Postmaster
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08/11/1841
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John Bashford
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Postmaster
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08/14/1843
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Esther A. Bashford
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Postmaster
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05/31/1848
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George L. Andrews
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Postmaster
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05/28/1860
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William H. Post
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Postmaster
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04/08/1861
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Levi P. Rose
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Postmaster
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09/02/1865
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Matthew F. Rowe
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Postmaster
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04/16/1869
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William Macfarlan
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Postmaster
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03/23/1881
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Marvin N. Jones
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Postmaster
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03/03/1883
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Edwin R. Keyes
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Postmaster
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10/25/1886
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Lillian C. Keyes
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Postmaster
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11/30/1886
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John Pentreath
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Postmaster
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06/23/1890
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John G. P. Holden
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Postmaster
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08/29/1894
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Henry Osterheld
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Postmaster
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05/24/1898
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John N. Parsons
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Postmaster
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9/7/1905
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Nathan A. Warren
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Postmaster
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1/25/1910
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John N. Parsons
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Postmaster
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3/30/1914
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Michael J. Walsh
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Postmaster
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3/22/1917
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James J. Fleming
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Acting Postmaster
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2/1/1919
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James J. Fleming
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Postmaster
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8/5/1919
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Albert C. Bogert
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Acting Postmaster
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8/6/1923
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Albert C. Bogert
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Postmaster
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4/2/1924
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William Cronin
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Acting Postmaster
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3/31/1936
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William Cronin
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Postmaster
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6/20/1936
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Francis P. Tobin
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Acting Postmaster
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3/31/1951
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Francis P. Tobin
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Postmaster
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6/27/1952
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John Scott
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Officer-In-Charge
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10/20/1978
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George L. Osapio
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Officer-In-Charge
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5/11/1979
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Henry F. Knetter
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Postmaster
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6/30/1979
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Glen Fosina
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Officer-In-Charge
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1/2/1987
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Victor E. Brescia
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Postmaster
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1/31/1987
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Thomas C. Nucifore
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Officer-In-Charge
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8/31/1990
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Robert A. Finck
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Postmaster
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5/4/1991
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Gerard A. Ritch
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Officer-In-Charge
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9/29/1992
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Gerard A. Ritch
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Postmaster
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2/6/1993
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Dennis Desposito
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Officer-In-Charge
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12/6/2000
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Robert R. Cobelli
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Postmaster
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5/3/2003
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Jerry Shapiro
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Officer-In-Charge
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1/25/2012
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Lois E. Vogel
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Postmaster
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9/22/2012
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Richard N. Ferrari
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Postmaster
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10/1/2016
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