Letter from Abraham Lincoln to U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair regarding appointment of Edwin Cowles as postmaster in Cleveland, Ohio. March 12, 1861. Notwithstanding the crisis associated with southern secession then gripping the nation,…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair regarding a Virginia postal appointment. March 13, 1861. Autograph Letter Signed.
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair regarding commission of a postmaster for Tiffin, Ohio. April 24, 1862. Autograph Letter Signed.
Appointment of John A. Kasson (Des Moines, Iowa) as Commissioner for the International Postal Congress, signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward. March 30, 1863. In 1861-1862 Kasson had served as First Assistant Postmaster…
