21. Lincoln to U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair on postmaster for Tiffin, Ohio <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States.+Postmaster+General">United States. Postmaster General</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Postal+Service--Ohio--Tiffin--Postmasters--Selection+and+appointment">Postal Service--Ohio--Tiffin--Postmasters--Selection and appointment</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Patronage%2C+political--United+States">Patronage, political--United States</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blair%2C+Montgomery%2C+1813-1883">Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883</a> 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. 1862-04-24 Becki Plunkett and Stephen Vincent Copyright State Historical Society of Iowa. Information at http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/conditions-for-image-reproductions.html 06. Lincoln to U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair on postmaster appointment for Virginian <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States.+Postmaster+General">United States. Postmaster General</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Patronage%2C+political--United+States">Patronage, political--United States</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blair%2C+Montgomery%2C+1813-1883">Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883</a> Letter from Abraham Lincoln to U.S. Postmaster General Montgomery Blair regarding a Virginia postal appointment. March 13, 1861. Autograph Letter Signed. 1861-03-13 Becki Plunkett and Stephen Vincent Copyright State Historical Society of Iowa. Information at http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/conditions-for-image-reproductions.html 05. Lincoln to U.S Postmaster General Montgomery Blair on postmaster appointment <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=United+States.+Postmaster+General">United States. Postmaster General</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Postal+Service--Ohio--Cleveland--Postmasters--Selection+and+appointment">Postal Service--Ohio--Cleveland--Postmasters--Selection and appointment</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Patronage%2C+political--United+States">Patronage, political--United States</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Blair%2C+Montgomery%2C+1813-1883">Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883</a> 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, Lincoln devoted extensive time and energy to routine patronage appointments in the weeks surrounding his March 4, 1861 inauguration. Autograph Letter Signed: Photostat. 1861-03-12 Becki Plunkett and Stephen Vincent Copyright State Historical Society of Iowa. Information at http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/services-and-fees/conditions-for-image-reproductions.html