Contributed by Patten Free Library
Description
James H. Marr, acting first assistant Post Master General wrote to James W. Wakefield, Collector of Customs in Bath, responding to a request for information about the complete list of past postmasters in Bath. Added in pencil is a brief history of the Post Office and its various locations.
The letter is a folded sheet with insert, where writing appears on three sides of the folded sheet and one side of the insert.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Letter to Bath Collector of Customs, 1883
- Creator: Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General
- Creation Date: 1883-03-19
- Subject Date: 1791–1883
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Locations:
- Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Washington, DC
- Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.2 cm x 20.2 cm
- Local Code: PFL AB- VF #2 File M-P
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Postmasters--Maine--Wiscasset
- Postmasters--Maine--Bath
- Postal service employees--Maine--Bath
- Postal service--Maine--Bath
- Postal service--Maine--Wiscasset
People
- Eaton, Thomas
- Greenleaf, Charles T.
- Haines, Rufus R.
- Hogan, William E.
- Kelley, Ernest F.
- Kendall, Daniel T.
- Marr, James H.
- Nichols, George H.
- Sewall, Dummer
- Snow, Joseph C.
- Stinson, David
- Wakefield, James W.
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