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            <mods:title>Appointment of Lewis Merriam as Deputy Postmaster at Greenfield, Massachusetts</mods:title>
            <mods:subTitle>May 31, 1861</mods:subTitle>
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          <mods:abstract>"Appointment of Lewis Merriam ... deputy postmaster at Greenfield in the State of Massachusetts ... during the pleasure of the president ... and until the end of the next issue of the Senate of the United States ..."</mods:abstract>
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          <mods:identifier displayLabel="Lincoln Document No." type="local">LA 636</mods:identifier>
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