Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, 11 May 18491
May 111849.Sir:I have the honor to inform you, that the Postmaster General has appointedJohn HutchisonPostmaster atTwelve Mile in the State ofIllinoisin place ofJ. R. Young— Resigned2
I am, respectfully,Your obedient servant,Fitz Henry Warren
Second Assistant Postmaster General.To the HonorableA. LincolnSpringfieldIllinois.
2John Hutchison served as postmaster from May 1849 to March 1850.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Records of the Post Office Department,
RG 28, 1845-1855, 18:172, 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), 490*; 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*.
Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 page(s),
Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress (Washington, DC).