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Box 4257.001

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Richard Varick Petition to Congress, 1829 September 29

 File — Box: 4257.001, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Petition to Congress written by several members of the "Committee of Petitioners in the City of New York." The main concern of the petition is "to prevent the transportation of the mail on the Sabbath and the keeping open of post-offices on that holy day." The petition is a mixture of handwritten and typed concerns
Dates: 1829 September 29
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4257, Wade Hall Collection on American Life / NORTHEAST REGION