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Letter of retirement for John T. Jackson
Object Details
- Description
- Postmaster General James Farley congratulated Postmaster John T. Jackson in this letter for his over forty-eight years of service to the fourth-class post office in Alanthus, Virginia. Jackson had received his appointment as postmaster from Postmaster General John Wanamaker on March 23, 1891.
- The Post Office Department had appointed few other African Americans as postmasters at the time the twenty-nine-year old Jackson took on the duties of a fourth-class post office. Jackson earned a commission determined by the amount of postage sold at his station. Along with this postal career, Jackson worked as a merchant, farmer, and sharecropper. Following his retirement as postmaster on January 31, 1940, Jackson’s wife Lille held the position until the post office closed seven months later.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- February 6, 1940
- Object number
- 1989.0450.3
- Writer
- James A. Farley, American, 1888 - 1976
- Recipient
- John T. Jackson, American, 1891 - 1940
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.7 x 20.6cm (10 1/8 x 8 1/8in.)
- Place
- Virginia
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- Topic
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Covers & Letters
- Postal Administration
- Record ID
- npm_1989.0450.3
- Usage
- CC0
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