At one point, George Washington, was is named as the USA's 1st president, was a British colonel, Ben Franklin was actually the postmaster general for all the British post offices in the Americas......remember all of the founding fathers were British citizens.........Tom Jefferson graduated from William and Mary College in Williamsburg, VA............the King of England asked to see Ben Franklin personally, and he went to England to report to the British king on the state of affairs of the British post offices...

Franklin presented his credentials to the French court in 1779, becoming the firstAmerican Minister (the 18th American century equivalent of ambassador) to be  ...