Railway Post Office booklet

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Railway Post Office booklet

Dates: 1911-1913

Collection Number: MS 545

Creator/Collector: Railway Post Office

Extent: 1 folder

Repository: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Sacramento, California 95814

Abstract: packages, jackets, registered cases, through registered pouches, and inner registered sacks, received by [Name], en route from [Location] to [Location]." Handwritten entries record a description of package, where postmarked, date of delivery, location of post office, name of R.P.O. or transfer clerk at station of delivery, and signature of employee to whom delivered. Inside front cover are printed "Special Instructions to Railway Postal Clerks in Relation to Registered Matter." This volume bears entries between 1911 and 1913. Appears to cover routes between Wichita Falls, Dallas and Denison, Texas. Inscription on front endpapers "Henry M. Campbell, 6/11/11, Wichita Falls and Dallas."

Language of Material: English

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Preferred Citation

Railway Post Office booklet. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Acquisition Information

Gift of Stepen Von Biner, 2007

Scope and Content of Collection

packages, jackets, registered cases, through registered pouches, and inner registered sacks, received by [Name], en route from [Location] to [Location]." Handwritten entries record a description of package, where postmarked, date of delivery, location of post office, name of R.P.O. or transfer clerk at station of delivery, and signature of employee to whom delivered. Inside front cover are printed "Special Instructions to Railway Postal Clerks in Relation to Registered Matter." This volume bears entries between 1911 and 1913. Appears to cover routes between Wichita Falls, Dallas and Denison, Texas. Inscription on front endpapers "Henry M. Campbell, 6/11/11, Wichita Falls and Dallas."