PI 168 Description:
71. DAILY RECORD OF THE APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTERS AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, DISCONTINUANCE, AND NAME AND SITE CHANGES OF POST OFFICES. Jan. 1899-Dec. 1914. 42 vols. 12 ft.
For each post office where a change occurred the following information is given: its name, county and State where located, names of postmaster appointed and of postmaster retiring, cause of change, and other remarks concerning postmasters. From 1889 to 1905 these volumes were prepared in the Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General; in 1906 the function was assumed by the First Assistant Postmaster General. Arranged chronologically.
National Archives Identifier (NAID): 609185
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Nara Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/609185
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Sample Page from 1901:
Jeanette’s Sample Citation:
Edward G. Hinman’s postmaster appointment of the Fayetteville Post Office (Fayette County, West Virginia), “Daily Record of the Appointment of Postmasters and the Establishment, Discontinuance, and Name and Site Changes of Post Offices,” 11 June 1901; Records of Post Offices and Postmasters: March 23, 1901 to October 15, 1901; Record Group 28: Records of the Post Office Department; National Archives, Washington, D.C.