AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM BOSTON 17 APRIL 1839 TO POSTMASTER GENERAL AMOS KENDALL, RECOMMENDING JOSEPH HAINES ESQUIRE OF LYNN AS POSTMASTER OF THE TOWN OF LYNN
Published by Boston, 1839
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Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.David M. Lesser, ABAA
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Single 4to leaf, entirely in Rantoul's ink script, docketed in red ink on verso. Light wear, Very Good. Rantoul writes to Kendall, "It is generally believed in Lynn that J.C. Stickney Esq. the Post Master of that place has resigned or is about to resign. Of the correctness of that report, I know nothing. "If it be true, or if there is or should be a vacancy there, I would respectfully recommend Joseph Haines Esquire of Lynn to be the Post Master there. He is approved by the County, District, & Town Committees, & by the democracy generally, & would keep the Post Office near the lower depot of the Eastern Rail Road, which is far the best place to accommodate the mass of the citizens. I am well assured that his appointment would give great satisfaction. Very respectfully your obt. servt. Robert Rantoul Jr." Rantoul [1806-1852] was a Massachusetts lawyer and Democratic member of the State House of Representatives when he wrote this Letter. He would become, briefly, a Congressman and U.S. Senator before dying. …
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- AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM BOSTON 17 APRIL 1839 TO POSTMASTER GENERAL AMOS KENDALL, RECOMMENDING JOSEPH HAINES ESQUIRE OF LYNN AS POSTMASTER OF THE TOWN OF LYNN
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- Rantoul, Robert, Jr.
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- Boston
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- 1839
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- AMERICANA, AUTOGRAPH, MASSACHUSETTS
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