Washington was the person who ran the post office in the 2nd continental congress.
Benjamen Franklin was the one en charge of post office during the second continental congress:)
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they set up a post office and established the continental army.
Benjamin Franklin
Congress has control over the post office. In the Constitution, power is given to Congress to establish a postal service.
congress can establish post offices
setting up a post office
According to Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution, Congress has the power to establish Post Offices. It is one of the Enumerated Powers of Congress.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 state that Congress has the power: "To establish post offices and post roads."
The actions that the Second Continental Congress took to begin governing the colonies were authorizing a currency with a post office, creating committees to handle relations with Native Americans and foreign countries, and it created the continental army.
The federal government for the post office and the federal/state for the roads.
It’s true that Article 1, Section 8 says: [The Congress shall have the power] to establish Post Offices and Post Roads. Thus, the Constitution allows the government to get involved in postal services, but that doesn’t mean that it has to.