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The Vicksburg Postmastership
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This chapter explores the appointment of J. W. Bourne as postmaster of Vicksburg. The appointment was to be made immediately after the adjournment of the national convention, which no doubt would have been done if Secretary John Sherman had been nominated for the presidency. But since General James A. Garfield, who was a Sherman man, had been nominated, James Hill thought that the political obligations he had incurred in the interest of Secretary Sherman could be paid just the same. Consequently, he went to Washington upon the adjournment of the national convention to have his friend Bourne appointed postmaster at Vicksburg. The term of the postmaster there had expired.
Title: The Vicksburg Postmastership
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This chapter explores the appointment of J.
W.
Bourne as postmaster of Vicksburg.
The appointment was to be made immediately after the adjournment of the national convention, which no doubt would have been done if Secretary John Sherman had been nominated for the presidency.
But since General James A.
Garfield, who was a Sherman man, had been nominated, James Hill thought that the political obligations he had incurred in the interest of Secretary Sherman could be paid just the same.
Consequently, he went to Washington upon the adjournment of the national convention to have his friend Bourne appointed postmaster at Vicksburg.
The term of the postmaster there had expired.
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