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Description
An account of the resource
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[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
Title
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Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918
Creator
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Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924
Date
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1918
Contributor
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A. L. Wilson
Rights
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Format
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Certificate
Language
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English
Type
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Still Image
Text
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Title
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Sunbury
Description
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The Sunbury collection contains documents on a variety of topics related to the history and development of Sunbury. Item types represented in this collection include diaries, maps, meeting ledgers, business documents and histories.
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Title
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Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918
Description
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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.
Date
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1918
Type
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Still Image
Text
Format
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Photograph
Identifier
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30210312452021
Language
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English
Rights
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Publisher
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Post Office Department, United Sates
Contributor
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A. S. Burleson
Subject
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Legal certifications--postmaster--United States
Postmasters--Orville Barcus--Sunbury--Ohio
Presidents--Woodrow Wilson--1856-1924
Regulations--Post Office Department--United States
Sunbury--Ohio--History