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
[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
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
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
Text
Identifier
30210312452021
Collection
Citation
“Orville Barcus Postmaster Certificate 1918,” Delaware County Memory, accessed April 19, 2024, http://66.213.124.233/items/show/142.