Scrapbook 106 : advance and growth of the U.S. Post Office Dept. after 1810, ca. 1880-1900.

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Scrapbook 106 : advance and growth of the U.S. Post Office Dept. after 1810, ca. 1880-1900.

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Two commissions, list of registered letters received in Middlebury, Vt., (1857), chart of postal rates to foreign countries (1857), and other materials relating to the history of the post office in Middlebury, Vt.

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Sheldon Museum Research Center

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Sheldon Museum Research Center

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Sheldon, Henry L. (Henry Luther), 1821-1907

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After his disastrous investment in the marble industry in the 1850s, Henry Sheldon invested instead in real estate. In Middlebury, he bought buildings in the village that he repaired and rented out. Through brokers he invested in lands elsewhere. From the description of Henry L. Sheldon real estate papers, 1849-1891. (Sheldon Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 743316896 As increasing deafness cut Henry Sheldon off from former activities, he found an outlet in his m...

United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...

Middlebury Post Office (Middlebury, Vt.)

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