Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, 3 May 18491

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Appointment Office,
May 31849.Sir:
I have the honor to inform you, that the Postmaster General has appointedMunson CarterPostmaster atRochesterin the State ofIllinoisin place ofD. C Eggleston– Resigned.2
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,Fitz Henry Warren
Second Assistant Postmaster General.To the HonorableAb^m LincolnSpringfieldIllinois.

1Fitz Henry Warren signed this form letter.

2Munson Carter remained postmaster of Rochester, Illinois, until after the end of the Civil War.
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