Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, 9 April 18491
April 91849.Sir:I have the honor to inform you, that the Postmaster General has appointedHenry SteesPostmaster atMount Carmelin the State ofIllinoisin place ofWm Arbuthnot– Removed2
I am, respectfully,Your obedient servant,Fitz Henry Warren
Second Assistant Postmaster General.To the HonorableA. LincolnSpringfieldIllinois
2Henry Stees held the position until December 1853.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Records of the Post Office Department,
RG 28, 1845-1855, 18:192, National Archives Building, Washington, DC; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of
the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1849 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1849), *482; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of
the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1851 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1851), 541*; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the
United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1853 (Washington, DC: Robert Armstrong, 1853), *511; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the
United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1855 (Washington, DC: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1855), *339.
Partially Printed Letter Signed, 1 page(s) ,
Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress (Washington, DC).