sold President Millard Fillmore Signed Document
Crawford Bell was one of the first pharmacists in Evansville, Indiana. He and his brother owned their own shop, and he was so popular among the physicians that they made him an honorary member of the Vanderburg County Medical Society. Perhaps to supplement his income, perhaps to make his shop a...
Crawford Bell was one of the first pharmacists in Evansville, Indiana. He and his brother owned their own shop, and he was so popular among the physicians that they made him an honorary member of the Vanderburg County Medical Society. Perhaps to supplement his income, perhaps to make his shop a center of postal activity, he managed to secure a Federal postal appointment.
Document Signed as President, Washington, June 3, 1851, appointing Crawford Bell as Deputy Postmaster at Evansville, Indiana. Bell resigned a year later, apparently to concentrate on his pharmacy business. Sadly, he died in 1856 at age 36. This document has remained in the hands of his descendants until now.
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