Name/Title
Certificate awarded Theodore W. Leydecker, Postmaster, 1898Entry/Object ID
2015.35.1Scope and Content
ACC. NO. 15.35.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1898
OBJECT: CERTIFICATE
DESCRIPTION:
A CERTIFICATE PRINTED ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER, WITH A BOLD CAPTION, "WILLIAM MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
SIZE: L 17" X W 22"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A CERTIFICATE AWARDED TO THEODORE W LEYDECKER FOR HIS WORK AS POSTMASTER FOR THE TERM OF 4 YEARS IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. CERTIFICATE IS SIGNED BY WILLIAM MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT, JANUARY 3, 1898.
THIS DOCUMENT WAS NEVER CATALOGED UNTIL MARCH 28, 2015.
NOTE: AT ONE TIME THE HOME WAS OWNED BY THE LEYDECKER FAMILY WHICH IS WHERE THE DOCUMENT WAS FOUND.
DONOR:
MRS RITA B WEDEMEYER
CATALOGED: MARCH 27, 2015
