HYPE Freedom School - Phillip B. Downing invented the letter box in 1891 which eventually became the mailbox. When was the last time you used his invention and sent a hand written
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Ujamaa Lighting on Twitter: "Philip Downing 1857-1934 Downing designed a metal box with 4 legs on October 27, 1891. What's known today as a mailbox, he named a “street letter box”. His
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