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Thomas Lemuel James

Grant instead did one better and made him the Postmaster of New York on March 17, 1873, and four years later reappointed by President Hayes.

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However, David M. Key resigned as Postmaster General in 1880, and James was offered that position by Hayes instead.

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The abolition paper printed here later partnered with Francis B. Fisher in Hamilton, New York to form the Whig newspaper Madison County Journal which he bought in 1851.

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