Chapter 7. American Postal Intercepts
"Whereas the communication of intelligence with regularity and despatch, from one part to another of these United States, is essentially requisite to the safety as well as the commercial interest thereof...." The wartime Congress under the Articles of Confederation established an ordinance for regulating the Post Office in October 1782.[79] Under the jurisdiction of the postmaster general, a series of posts would be established and maintained from the state of New Hampshire down through the state of Georgia, and other areas chosen by him or the Congress.
Further, the Congress stated in very precise legal terms, "the Postmaster General, his clerk or assistant, his deputies, and post and express-riders, and messengers, ...
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