Post Office Department
Contract office
21 Dec. 1844.Sirs:
Your obt[obedient]. Svt[servant].SR HobbieMessrs. E. P. Guion and John McLean
Raleigh
N.C.
Dec 23
Raleigh
N. Carolina
Contract office
21 Dec. 1844.Sirs:
Your communication of he 18th Inst. relative to the extra pay to be allowed on your routes between Raleigh and Columbia, in case the new service should be discontinued before the expiration of the contracts: has been considered
by the Postmaster General and he has ordered, that, in consequence of the peculiar nature of the service and
the large outlay and expense to be incurred to stock the routes, the allowance to
be entered into contracs to be made in case the service is discontinued before the time specified, shall be
two months extra pay.
RespectfullyYour obt[obedient]. Svt[servant].SR HobbieMessrs. E. P. Guion and John McLean
Raleigh
N.C.
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P.d. Dep’t
SR Hobbie
Washington D.C.SR Hobbie
Dec 23
FREE
[Mr Towle?]
Messrs.
E. P. Guion & J. McLean
Raleigh
N. Carolina
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S. R. Hubbie
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December 21/44
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Letter that the two Months pay will be allowed by the Large Mail [?]
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examine & Report on this as early as convenient
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Handwritten Letter Signed, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 367: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Committees, 1847-1849, NAB,