PRINTED LETTER WITH PRINTED SIGNATURE, AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TO UNITED STATES COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS, 6 MAY 1865, PROHIBITING THE MASTER OR COMMANDER OF AMERICAN VESSELS FROM DELIVERING TO FOREIGN PORTS ANY MAILS "WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERED TO HIM FROM THE POST OFFICE AT THE PORT OF DEPARTURE."
Washington: Treasury Department, 1865. Broadside, 8" x 10." Binding pinholes at blank inner margin, Very Good. Ink inscription at top margin: "Received May 12, 1865. C. Almy." Secretary McCulloch informs his Customs Collectors of the Postal Law enacted 3 March 1865. It states in part: "No steamship or other vessel..... More