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Autograph Letter signed ("Nahum Capen"), as Postmaster, to the Honorable W.H. English pf Washington, D.C.

Autograph Letter signed ("Nahum Capen"), as Postmaster, to the Honorable W.H. English pf Washington, D.C.

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Autograph Letter signed ("Nahum Capen"), as Postmaster, to the Honorable W.H. English pf Washington, D.C.

by Capen, Nahum

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Boston, 1860. One page, on "Post Office" letterhead. 1 vols. 12mo. Three tape repairs at folds, chip from outer edge. One page, on "Post Office" letterhead. 1 vols. 12mo. He Introduced the Mail Box. Nahum Capen (1804-1886) , historian, phrenologist, and postmaster, served as Postmaster of Boston from 1857-1861, and "is said to have been the first postmaster in the country to introduce street letter-boxes and to work out a free delivery system.

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Title
Autograph Letter signed ("Nahum Capen"), as Postmaster, to the Honorable W.H. English pf Washington, D.C.
Author
Capen, Nahum
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One page, on "Post Office" letterhead. 1 vols. 12mo
Book Condition
Used - Three tape repairs at folds, chip from outer edge
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Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1860
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