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SHIP
by the omision of the name of the Count
on the wrapper this packet was sent to the
office at Pattinilby from whom it is forwarded [1]

Mr. Henry F. Westfall PM[2]
United States of
America Buchannon
Lewis County
Virginia

April 1st 1834

 
[1]

1. This postal instruction is added in small script by what seems to be a separate hand. The word "Count" is enticing: does it mean "county" or "country"? The name of the postal office from which it was forwarded is unclear.

[2]

2. According to the Record of Appointments of Postmasters, Virginia, 1832-September 30, 1971, Henry F. Westfall was the Postmaster of Buchannon in Lewis County, Virginia.