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CHARLES EMORY SMITH - PRINTED CARD SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 26396

Printed United States Postmaster General card signed by Charles Emory Smith, who held the post from 1898 to 1902 Printed card signed "Ch Emory Smith" in black ink. 4x2½ card. Imprinted at top edge: "Memorandum/The Postmaster General".

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CHARLES EMORY SMITH
Printed United States Postmaster General card signed by Charles Emory Smith, who held the post from 1898 to 1902
Printed card signed "Ch Emory Smith" in black ink.4x2½ card. Imprinted at top edge: "Memorandum/The Postmaster General". Smith (1842-1908, born in Mansfield, Connecticut) was President William McKinley's Postmaster General from 1898 to 1901, continuing in Theodore Roosevelt's administration until 1902. Before becoming postmaster, he helped to develop rural free delivery in the United States Postal Service, in which mail carriers brought mail to rural customers free of charge. This service was instituted in 1891 and continues to this day. He was also a journalist, editing two Albany papers from 1865 to 1880 and the Philadelphia Express, in which he was part proprietor, from 1880 until his death. Lightly toned and creased. Adhesive residue on verso (no show-through). Otherwise in fine condition.

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