He Introduced the Mail Box
Autograph Letter signed ("Nahum Capen"), as Postmaster, to the Honorable W.H. English pf Washington, D.C.
Boston: March 30, 1860.
Price: $200.00
About the item
One page, on "Post Office" letterhead. 1 vols. 12mo. He Introduced the Mail Box. Three tape repairs at folds, chip from outer edge.
Item #221685
Nahum Capen (1804-1886) , historian, phrenologist, and postmaster, served as Postmaster of Boston from 1857-1861, and "is said to have been the first postmaster in the country to introduce street letter-boxes and to work out a free delivery system."
