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Oliver Hanscom Certificate of Appointment
Object Details
- Description
- Montgomery Blair as Postmaster General of the United States of America appointed Oliver Hanscom to be postmaster of North Lebanon in the county of York, State of Maine, on January 24, 1862. Blair signed the document on March 8, 1862.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1862
- Object number
- 2003.2004.74
- Signer
- Montgomery Blair, 1813 - 1883
- Associated Person
- Oliver Hanscom
- Type
- Archival Material
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- 33 x 41.9cm (13 x 16 1/2in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Record ID
- npm_2003.2004.74
- Usage
- CC0
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