Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to Thomas Farrington, Owego, N.Y., 1828 Dec. 12.

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Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to Thomas Farrington, Owego, N.Y., 1828 Dec. 12.

Letter signed. Signed by John McLean, Postmaster General. Relates to losses in the mail.

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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...

Farrington, Thomas, 1799-1872

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 191 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x000012 ...

McLean, John, 1785-1861

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U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Signature, [not after 1861 April 4]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22601579 McLean practiced law in Lebanon, Ohio (from 1807), and served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-1816), U.S. Postmaster General (1823-1829), and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1829-1861). From the description of Letters, 1826, 1828. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339336 ...