Commission signed by President Warren Harding appointing John L. Chapman Postmaster at Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania.
Washington, D.C., February 18, 1922.
Engraved document (455 x 355 mm) with handwritten signatures and with the blind-stamped seal of the United States Post Office Department. Aged-toned with faint mat shadow around 5mm margin, single vertical folding crease, light stain and wear at fold; very good.
§ Commission appointing John L. Chapman Postmaster at Blue Ridge Summit, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, signed by President Warren Harding and countersigned by William Hays, Postmaster General, and dated February 18, 1922.
At the time of the commission, Blue Ridge Summit was a fashionable resort community serving Baltimore. John Lee Chapman (1873-1928) was son of John Lee Chapman (1811-1880), who was four times mayor Baltimore and had invested in the area and in 1875 built "Mountain House", the first boarding house, which also served as Blue Ridge Summit's first post office. (The Waynesboro Record Herald, Volume XXXVII - No. 299, March 12, 1931.). Item #127265
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