POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

_Washington, April 18, 1865_.

It is hereby ordered that, in honor of the memory of Abraham Lincoln,

our lamented Chief Magistrate, the officers and employees of this

Department wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months.

W. DENNISON,

_Postmaster-General_.

[From official records, Department of the Interior.]

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