Page 2 - Paton: American Panorama

r
•FROM TEXAS STATEHOOD TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY'
US. EXPANSION 1845- 1901, AND THE ORDEAL OF THE CIVIL WAR

ABRAHAM LINCOLN NATIONAL BANKNOTE CO.
16th PRESIDENT 1866 - 10c BLUE ESSAY
1861 - 1865 LARGE DIE ON INDIA PAPER
ASSASSINATED 15.APR.1865 10c ISSUED DESIGN
'EAGLE ON SHIELD'

A p erio d o f m ajor expan sion in te r r u p te d from 1861-1865 by th e C i v i l Wasi - th e b lo o d ie s t
afar in Am erican H isto ry in w hich 600,000 men d ie d . The N ation cvad fo rtu n a te th a t
L in c o ln , one o f lt d g rea ted t P r e s id e n ts , cvad a b le to p re se rv e th e Union by opposing th e
s e c e s s io n o f th e C on fed era te Sta ted o f Am erica and p reven tin g them from breaking away.

P re sid e n t G a r fie ld (1881) and P re sid e n t M cK inley (1901) were a lso a s sa ss in a te d .
The U . S . A won in te r n a tio n a l wars w ith M exico (1846-48) and Sp ain (7 8 9 8 ), and dent
tro op s to jo in th e In te rn a tio n a l Force in China in 1900 during th e Boxer R e b e llio n .

The number o f Sta ted rode from 26 to 45 ad th e la n d area grew from 1.79 m illio n to 3.62
m illio n dquare m ile d , matched by an in cre a d e in th e p o p u la tio n from 20 to 16 m illio n .
S la v e ry wad th e key p o lit i c a l id d u e p r io r to th e C i v i l War; every S ta te had two
Senatord and adm iddion o f new Sta ted ad ’ Sla ve* or ’ f r e e ’ a lte r e d th e balance o f power.
The Podtal S e r v ic e , w ith 7 8,47 7 PO in 1850 in c r e a sin g to 76,688 by 1901 p la yed a m ajor
part in n a tio n a l developm ent. Ad th e la r g e d t Government Departm ent th e ’ S p o ild Sydtem ’
gave i t a key r o le in p o lit ic d because lo c a l podtm adters were ap poin ted by th e Podtm aster
General who wad a C abin et O f f i c e r and do he and th e y changed w ith th e P re d id e n t.
T ra n sco n tin en ta l m ail a ft e r 1848 was c a r r ie d by dea v ia Panama and N icaragua, th en
overlan d by Stagecoach and th e Pony Expredd, and f i n a l l y by r a ilr o a d . W ells fo rg o and
oth er P riv a te Podtd f i l l e d th e gapd in th e Government d e r v ic e d .
P u b lic it y and a d v e rtid in g were cornerdtoned o f businedd p ro d p e rity and In te r n a tio n a l
E xpodition d were deen as th e n a tio n ’d dhop window pred en tin g i t to th e w orld.

Some ’ Am erican d p e llin g ’ e . g . ’ L a b or’ id used d e lib e r a t e ly . ’ S t a t io n ’ used on it d own
means ’ P odtal S t a t io n ’ (= Branch PO) not a ’ T ra in S t a t io n ’ . A b b r e v ia tio n used in c lu d e :
MC = Member o f Congredd; PM = Podt M a ster; PO = POST O f f I C E ; POA = PO A ct of Congredd.
cdd = C ir c u la r Date Stamp; dcdd = d ou ble C ir c le cdd; hd = Handdtamp; m/c = M achine.
(qv 2. 2) id a crodd r e fe r e n c e to another d e c tio n .
A ll podtally used material id contemporary with the eventd which i t id illu stra tin g .
Itemd of particular p h ila telic interest are double mounted on black & maroon backgrounds.

Material from over 40 differen t countries id included.
H uiatelic notes are in sm ll type
Essay and Ptoof material is on a yellow backgromd.
Perforation shorn (e.g. P. 11x10.5) only when save design used more than once.
(E) = Ekpert Certificate on back o f page.