Contract air mail service, 1926 April 27, Springfield, Ill. to Postmaster, Springfield, Ill. / Clément N.S. Hinton, [Charles A.] Lindbergh.

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Contract air mail service, 1926 April 27, Springfield, Ill. to Postmaster, Springfield, Ill. / Clément N.S. Hinton, [Charles A.] Lindbergh.

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Printed form with handwritten inserts. An air mail service contract between Charles Lindbergh and the postmaster at Springfield, Ill. for Rt. No. 2, Chicago to St. Louis. Dispatching clerk: Clément N.S. Hinton, verified by: Baker. Lindbergh inserted the weather conditions: w-wind, pt. cloudy, Airship no. 109, name of pilot: Lindbergh, mail left P.O.: 4:29, ship left field: 5:05.

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