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Confederate Postal Department Contractor’s Agreement And Schedule

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Confederate Postal Department Contractor’s Agreement And Schedule
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Partially Printed Document. Two pages, 8 1/2”x 13 7/8. Confederate States of American Post Office Department, Contract Bureau. August 22, 1863. The document lists L.D. McMakin as the contractor for Mail Route # 1966 from Spartanburg to Morrittsville, [?] South Carolina. It also lists the route’s schedule and provides printed instructions regarding the Postmaster’s responsibility as regards contractors.
Even with able administrators such as Postmaster General John Reagan, the postal service of the Confederate States of America found itself continually interrupted by Northern blockades and the invading Union Army. Prior to his appointment to this troubled organization, L.D. McMakin had served as a corporal in the Third South Carolina Reserves. A nice piece of Confederate postal history. Some paper loss at center fold. Else Fine.