United States. Post Office Department
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1825-July 1, 1971 - 1971-07-01
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George Chorpenning papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2767
Abstract:
The papers consist of account books, financial records, legal records, correspondence, and maps that document George Chorpenning's operation of an overland mail route in western states during the 1850s, his subsequent petition to the United States government for reimbursement, and other business, including his interest in a quartz mine in Sparta, Oregon, owned by E. E. Clough. The papers include correspondence of Chorpenning's sons George and Frank relating to continued claims against the...
Dates:
1856-1903
E. Hamilton Lee papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3699
Abstract:
Letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to air pilot E. Hamilton Lee, 1912-1994. Includes a photograph album containing 380 black-and-white photographs, 132 loose photographs, and 14 negatives of Lee, aircrafts, air pilots, and aerial views, 1912-1974, undated. Photographs are accompanied by manuscript notes on envelopes or versos. Also present are a scrapbook and loose newspaper clippings documenting Lee's career, 1920-1971, undated. Clippings focus primarily on Lee's time...
Dates:
1912-1994