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From: Brian Salmons <>
Subject: postal delivery, Connecticut, 1918
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:54:02 -0800 (PST)


On the WWI Draft Registration card of James Ray
JAMESON, he gave his "Permanent Home Address" as
"Granby[,] Hartford [County,] Ct." Then, underneath
his signature at the bottom of the first page is
written "Box 88 Tariffvile Conn."

My question is this: was it common in this place and
time (1918, Hartford County, Connecticut), or in
general in the United States, for people to receive
their mail at a post office box instead of at their
home? Is it a safe assumption that "Box 88 Tariffvile
Conn." was James Ray JAMESON's postal delivery
address?

Brian Salmons
Lake Monroe, Florida, USA




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