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NARA page 630 · Record date: 1890

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Rathbone

Issued March 8; signed March 11, 1890 by Walter K. Burke, proposed postmaster; certified by Burbridge Fraley. Original proposed name crossed out (possibly Pinckney) and replaced with Rathbone. Route 17176, Terra Alta to Somerfield, Pennsylvania, six times weekly. Terra Alta 1 mile east, Albright 6 miles west, Ruthby apparently 5 miles north. Cheat River 6 miles west; B. & O. railroad named. Received March 15. Map on page 631.

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NARA page 631 · Record date: 1890

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Rathbone

Reverse of page 630; year from application and receipt stamp. Small sketch on west side of grid marks Rathbone, Terra Alta, Albright, Cheat River, mail route and B. & O. Railroad. Most of grid unused. No separate handwritten date.

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