Contents of Site ReportsĮnlarge Download Link Walthall Post Office Site Report More information regarding the Topographer and postal route maps may be found in Records and Policies of the Post Office Department Relating to Place-Names(National Archives Reference Information Paper No. On January 3, 1955, the Postmaster General ordered the end of sales of postal route maps and eliminated the need to accumulate reports on postal office site locations. Later, similar maps were prepared for territories and possessions. Maps of states, or groups of states, were to be continually updated by the Topographer's Office. In 1862, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair directed the Topographer to prepare a comprehensive set of postal maps for sale to the public. The Appointment Division of the First Assistant Postmaster General's Office usually sent a site location report form to the postmaster nearest to a proposed post office. The postmaster would complete and return the form, and the Topographer would then use the information to determine the location of the proposed post office in relation to other nearby post offices, transportation routes, and facilities. They were also an important part of the process for establishing a new post office and for reporting changes in a post office's name or location. The reports of site locations provided data that the Topographer used in preparing these maps. Burr was appointed the first Topographer of the Post Office, and he began preparing maps for postal officials' use. Post Office Department had no official mapmaker and purchased its maps from commercial firms or private individuals. Included among the Post Office reports of site locations for Alabama (NAID 68174777)īefore 1837, the U.S. ET.Enlarge Download Link 1942 Map of Alabama Highways If you need to travel urgently for reasons other than a life-or-death emergency, please call the NPIC at 1-87 Mondays through Fridays 8 A.M. ET, call 1-87 (TDD/TTY:1-88)įor Urgent Travel Service, you need to call 14 days before your scheduled international travel or 28 days if you also need to secure a foreign visa. If you need to travel due to a qualified life-or-death emergency, please call the National Passport Information Center for an appointment: Life-or-death emergencies are serious illnesses, injuries, or deaths in your immediate family (parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, sibling, and grandparent) that require you to travel outside the United States within 3 business days. Regional passport agencies are offering two types of appointments: Life-of-Death Emergency Service and Urgent Travel Service. Mailing delays may be significant so requesting 1-2-day mailing may greatly help. Mailing times vary across the country.Įxpedited service takes from 3 to 5 weeks exluding mailing times on the front and back end. This timeframe does not include delivery time. Standard service may take between 6 and 9 weeks. The Department of State's processing times begin when applications are received at a passport agency or center and not when you mail them or apply at a local acceptance facility. UPDATE: Mailing delays are impacting passport processing.
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