1884 Carrying Mails , Mail Routes in Maine New Hampshire , Postmaster General

Description: Advertisement of September 15, 1884Inviting Proposals ForCarrying The Mailsof theUnited StatesIn the States ofMaine and New Hampshire ,From July 1, 1885 to June 30, 1889 W. Q. Gresham , Postmaster-General Printed by Government Printing OfficeWashington ( D.C. )1884 Stapled paper wraps.5.75" x 9"107 pages. 140 years old. Mail routes throughout the states of Maine and New Hampshire.1,260 routes in total.At the rear are Instructions to mail-route Bidders and to Postmasters.Also includes sample Forms for Proposal , Bond , and Certificate. Information on the direction in which the mail was carried along each of 1,260 mail routes, the schedule that was to be kept, the distance of the route, and the dollar amount of bond that was required for each route. Index of routes at the front. Some routes are for carrying mail to a railroad station and returning. Very scarce. ------- Worn condition.The covers are worn and stained, with some loss of paper.( see the photos )The first few and last few pages are also worn and have some loss.Otherwise good. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer. ------ Historical information : Walter Quintin Gresham ( 1832-1895) was an American attorney, jurist, statesman, and politician who served in the cabinets of presidents Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland. Gresham was the 31st postmaster general of the United States under Arthur from 1883 to 1884 and briefly the 35th U.S. secretary of the treasury from September to October 1884 before resigning to become a federal judge. He was twice a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. president in 1884 and 1888 before leaving the party to support Cleveland in the 1892 election. Walter Quintin Gresham was born on March 17, 1832, in Lanesville, Indiana to William Gresham (1802–1834) and his wife Sarah Davis. Walter's father, William Gresham, was a former colonel in the Indiana militia, a cabinet maker, and a member of the Whig Party. He was elected sheriff of Harrison County, and on January 26, 1834.William was fatally stabbed while assisting in the arrest of Levi Sipes , a so-called "desperado". After William's death, Walter and his brothers were raised by a stepfather, Noah Remley. In 1861 Gresham organized a military company and enlisted as a private; he was elected captain but was quickly commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 38th Indiana Volunteer Infantry on September 18, 1861. In December, he was promoted to colonel and placed in command of the 53rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which subsequently took part in Ulysses S. Grant's Tennessee campaign of 1862, including the Sieges of Corinth and Vicksburg, during which Colonel Gresham commanded a brigade. On August 11, 1863, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and was placed in command of the Federal forces at Natchez, Mississippi. In 1864, he commanded a division of the XVII Corps in William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and before the Battle of Atlanta, on July 20, he received a gunshot wound to his knee that forced him to retire from active service and left him lame for life. In 1865, he was appointed a brevet major general of volunteers.

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