A proclamation from U. S. Postmaster General Joseph Habersham dated Nov. 23, 1796 appointing David Howe as the deputy postmaster for Castine. The appointment came after Castine had become a separate town earlier that year.
Appointment order 1796
Item Details
COLLECTION:
The Bruce Mortimer Collection
TYPE: Document
SIZE: 32.9 x 20 cm
CREATION DATE: Nov. 23, 1796
CREATED BY: Joseph Habersham, Postmaster General of the United States.
ARCHIVE NUMBERS: MOR029a MOR029b
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Text of Letter: (to) H. W. Fay Dear Sir: Yours of the 4th finds me in California, and I havae non of my photos with me, but I have written to my friends at home - Castine, Maine, with instructions for them to send you a picture like that from which the Review of Review engraving was taken. I have no picture of Lincoln that you would care to reproduce. Yours truly, Noah Brooks.
TYPE: Document
SIZE: 32.9 x 20 cm
CREATION DATE: Nov. 23, 1796
CREATED BY: Joseph Habersham, Postmaster General of the United States.
ARCHIVE NUMBERS: MOR029a MOR029b
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Text of Letter: (to) H. W. Fay Dear Sir: Yours of the 4th finds me in California, and I havae non of my photos with me, but I have written to my friends at home - Castine, Maine, with instructions for them to send you a picture like that from which the Review of Review engraving was taken. I have no picture of Lincoln that you would care to reproduce. Yours truly, Noah Brooks.
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