Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 18 x 14, September 29, 1922. President Harding appoints Charles K. Bailey as “Postmaster at Bethel, in the County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut.” Signed neatly at the conclusion by Warren G. Harding and countersigned by Postmaster General Hubert Work. Affixed to a same-size cardstock mount and in very good to fine condition, with light soiling, and a crease/crack in the lower left blank area. Charles K. Bailey (1862-1940) was a hat maker, community leader and politician, farmer and outdoorsman who lived in Bethel his entire life. He was a strong Republican who served as postmaster under eight U.S. Presidents, from 1898 until 1914 and again from 1922 until 1934.
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