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1879 PRESIDENT US GRANT POSTMASTER GENERAL D.C CHIEF POST OFFICE SIGNED DOCUMENT. Heres an Official 1879 US Post Office DepartmentDocument Signed on behalf of JAMES HENRY MARR Widely known as the most useful and efficient man in the United States Post Office Department 1810 - 1887) POSTMASTER GENERAL APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT IN 1874, ACTG POSTMASTER GENERAL 1870s-1887 -&- CHIEF CLERK IN THE OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASST PMG 1869-1887, During Marrs service he was many times Acting Postmaster General, and President Grant appointed him Postmaster General in 1874, pending the arrival of Marshall Jewell from Russia to accept the Postmaster Generalship. The making and unmaking of 50,000 post-offices in the Union was generally deferred to Marrs judgment during his 55+ years in the public service from 1831-1887. During the Civil War, frequent efforts were made to dislodge Marr from office, on the ground that he was a Democrat.All these efforts proved ineffectual against his record of ability, faithfulness and honesty.On the contrary, the United States Congress passed a law giving Marr life tenure of his office! HERES ALETTER SIGNEDFORMARRON POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL LETTERHEAD, 1p.,DATED AT WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 30th1879TO THE POSTMASTER AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO HANDLE2ndCLASS POSTAL MATTER. The document measures 3 x 9 and is in VF condition. THE LATE JAMES H. MARR FOR OVER 55 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE. One of the most notable characters in the service of the Departments at Washington has just disappeared, in the death of James H. Marr, the vulnerable Chief Clerk in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster General. He died at his residence on H Street,N.W. in the city on the 25th ult., after an honorable well spent life of over fifty five years in the service of the Post Office Department as a clerk and acting Postmaster-General. Mr. Marr was born in Charles County, Maryland, Nov. 4th 1810 and was brought up on his father's farm. On 1 May 1832, he married Sarah A. Stewart in Washington, D.C. They were the parents of: Arthur Marr Helen Marr James H. Marr Josephine Sarah (Marr) McLeran Margaret Aietta (Marr) Lemerle Samuel Stewart Marr Walter Marr William Marr Maron Marr James Donelan Marr James Henry Marr Birth 4 Nov 1810 Charles County, Maryland, USA Death 25 Apr 1887 (aged 76) District Of Columbia, USA Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society & the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) Buyer pays shipping. See pictures for more details.