Letter
Object Details
- Description
- Letter from Postmaster General Aaron Brown to Toppan, Carpenter & Co. consenting to the renewal of their contract; dated 6 April 1857.
- " Post Office Department,
- April 6th 1857.
- Messrs. Toppan, Carpenter & Co.
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Gentlemen,
- Having considered your letters of the 4th and 27th November last, to my predecessor, requesting an extension of your contract for furnishing postage stamps, which expires on the 10th June 1857, I hereby consent to a renewal or extension of said contract to the 10th day of June 1861, upon the following terms and conditions, to wit;
- 1 You are to provide at your own expense all the dies, plates and machinery necessary to furnish the Department with all the stamps it may order, completely and thoroughly perforated on the lines of separation;
- 2 To furnish all postage stamps gummed and ready for delivery, as heretofore, at fourteen and a half cents a thousand;
- 3 For perforating the stamps you will be allowed two cents a thousand;
- 4 And for furnishing envelopes, paper and tin boxes, and packing all parcels of stamps ready for mailing, one and half cents a thousand, thus making the entire cost of each thousand stamps amount to eighteen cents.
- But it is distinctly understood that all the terms, conditions and stipulations of the original contract hereby agreed to be extended to the 10th day of June 1861 shall be and remain in full force from and after the 10th June 1857, except only so far as the same are changed or modified by this offer of renewal, which when accepted by you on behalf of the individuals composing your firm, will be binding on the United States.
- I am respectfully
- Your obedient Sert[?].
- Aaron V. Brown
- Postmaster General"
- Credit line
- The O'Toole Family of Delaware County and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1857
- Object number
- 1991.0380.4
- Writer
- Aaron V. Brown, American, 1795 - 1859
- Recipient
- Toppan, Carpenter and Company
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper (blue, ruled); ink /
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 32.7 x 40.8cm (12 7/8 x 16 1/16in.) Height x Width (folded): 32.7 x 20.4cm (12 7/8 x 8 1/16in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- Record ID
- npm_1991.0380.4
- Usage
- Not determined