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Postmaster Appointment For A. H. Spence To Placerville, 1858 Oct. 21, James Buchanan
Postmaster Appointment For A. H. Spence To Placerville, 1858 Oct. 21, James Buchanan
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James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye, that, reposing special trust and confidence in the Integrity, Ability, and Punctuality of A. H. Spence, I do appoint Him Deputy Postmaster, at Placerville in the State of California, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, unto him, the said A. H. Spence, during the pleasure of the …