LETTER OF WILLIAM T. BARRY, POSTMASTER GENERAL, TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES; REVIEWING THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THAT HOUSE, APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. MARCH 2, 1835.
City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1835. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, scattered and generally light foxing. Good+.
Barry, a Kentuckian who opposed Henry Clay, became a Jacksonian Democrat. The Postmaster Generalship was his reward.
"He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far beyond the published schedules, with sweeping dismissals from office, with illegally borrowing money, and with general looseness in his bookkeeping" [DAB].
Barry defended himself, claiming that anti-Jackson partisanship motivated the investigation.
Sabin 3693. AI 30316 [5]. Item #41094
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