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NARA page 657 · Record date: 1881

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Sinclair

Issued July 9; signed July 21, 1881, by William A. Watson; received July 25. Certified at Fellowsville by A. G. Trickett (initials uncertain). Route 12342, Fellowsville–Danville, one trip weekly; contractor John Anvil (surname uncertain). Danville 6 miles south, Fellowsville 7 miles north, Evansville 8 miles west. Site 10 miles west of Cheat River and 7 miles east of Sandy Creek; population to be supplied 500. Heading annotation asks 'In what County?' Blank map reverse on page 658.

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NARA page 658 · Record date: 1881

Blank location-map reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Sinclair

Reverse of page 657. Printed map grid and location fields unused. Margin identifies Sinclair, Preston County, West Virginia; topographer receipt stamp October 11, 1881.

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