Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918

Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918

Title

Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918

Description

[page 1]

[corresponds to framed certificate]

WOODROW WILSON

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

KNOW YE, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the intelligence, diligence and discretion

of________Orville F. Barcus________, I have nominated, and, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, do

appoint him Postmaster at_____Sunbury____, in the County of________Delaware_________

State of_______Ohio_______; and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of

that office according to the laws of the United States and the regulations of the Post Office
Department,

and to have and to hold the said office with all the rights and emoluments thereunto legally
appertaining,

for and during the term of four years from the_____sixth____day of____December___1918,
subject to the conditions prescribed by law:

{Seal} In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent
and the seal of the Post Office Department

of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand in the District of Columbia this thirtieth day of December in
the year of our Lord

one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one hundred and forty third.

By direction of the PRESIDENT: Woodrow Wilson

A.S. Burleson
Postmaster General

Creator

Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924

Date

1918

Contributor

A. L. Wilson

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Certificate

Language

English

Type

Still Image
Text

Dublin Core

Title

Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918

Subject

Legal certifications--postmaster--United States
Postmasters--Orville Barcus--Sunbury--Ohio
Presidents--Woodrow Wilson--1856-1924
Regulations--Post Office Department--United States
Sunbury--Ohio--History

Description

Postmaster certification conferred upon Orville Barcus to serve as postmaster of Sunbury, signed December 6, 1918 by Woodrow Wilson and Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson.

Publisher

Post Office Department, United Sates

Date

1918

Contributor

A. S. Burleson

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Photograph

Language

English

Type

Still Image
Text

Identifier

30210312452021

Collection

Citation

“Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918,” Delaware County Memory, accessed October 5, 2024, http://delawarecountymemory.org/items/show/142.

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