Cairo: Post Office, c. 1845

File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three

Identifier: Folder 68

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

File contains a petition by residents of Cairo submitted to Postmaster General Jacob Collamer concerning the appointment of Jonathan Webster, a Democrat, to the position of Postmaster in Cairo. They alternately propose the Whig candidate Walker Noble. The document is signed by 25 citizens.

Dates

c. 1845

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Cubic Feet (Four vertical file cabinets comprising fifteen drawers holding paper documents grouped in folders by appropriate subject or creator, nominally sorted in alphabetical order.)