American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

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[POSTAL HISTORY]. KENDALL, Amos (1789-1869). Document signed ("Amos Kendall"), as Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., 1 June 1839.

1 page, 16 3/8 x 10 3/16 in., minor separations along old creases, brown spotting, framed to 18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in., not examined out of frame.

A partly printed appointment for James W. Shaw as the postmaster of the Choctaw Agency in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

Amos Kendall was a prominent and vocal supporter of the Democratic party and Andrew Jackson as the editor-in-chief of the Argus of Western America in Frankfort, KY. President Jackson appointed Kendall as the 8th Postmaster General and he became an influential member of Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet."

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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[POSTAL HISTORY]. KENDALL, Amos (1789-1869). Document signed ("Amos Kendall"), as Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., 1 June 1839.

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

[POSTAL HISTORY]. KENDALL, Amos (1789-1869). Document signed ("Amos Kendall"), as Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., 1 June 1839.

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[POSTAL HISTORY]. KENDALL, Amos (1789-1869). Document signed ("Amos Kendall"), as Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., 1 June 1839.