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facteur (factrice) (mail carrier [man or woman])
Supervised by a postmaster or distributor, the mail carrier performed various duties related to the responsibilities of handling the mail (collecting mail from mailboxes, delivering mail to residences, selling stamps, etc.). There were several different kinds of mail carriers (rural, urban, collector, suburban, or local).
facteur de ville (urban mailman)
This person worked in a city or was situated in compound office. Facteur local (local mailman): this type of carrier worked in a community where there was only a simple post office, or merely mail delivery (without a post office)
facteur rural (rural mailman)
This level was created in 1830; the person was responsible for collecting and delivering all correspondence in rural communities that did not have a local post office.
facteur suburbain (suburban mailman)
This level was created during the 1890s for the peripheral urban area than was rapidly expanding.
facteur-boîtier, facteur-receveur, receveur-distributeur (mailman-box clerk, mailman-postmaster, postmaster-distributor)
After 1850, this series of titles designated the duties of employees at secondary postal office where the person performed the duties of mail distributor, mailman, and assistant box clerk, deliverer-postmaster, and postmaster-distributor.
facteur-chef / sous-chef (chief mailman/sub-chief)
Attached to a compound office, this person played a part both in collecting and distributing the mail, but was mainly responsible for supervising other urban mailmen.
franchise (tax exemption)
A mode of circulating mail that was exempt from the postal tax. The correspondence of public officials who were exercising their duties was especially allowed to circulate in this manner.