Authorization letter : 1801.

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Authorization letter : 1801.

An 1801 letter from Joseph Habersham to Edmund H. Taylor indicating that he has "no objection to your (Taylor) employing a Negro as a mail carrier."

1 leaf ; 26 cm.

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Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815

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Joseph Habersham (July 28, 1751 – November 17, 1815) was an American businessman, Georgia politician, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he attended preparatory schools and Princeton College and became successful merchant and planter. Habersham was a member of the council of safety and the Georgia Provincial Council in 1775 and a major of a battalion of Georgia militiamen and subsequently a colonel in the 1st Georgia Regime...

Taylor, Edmund H.

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