“EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 7, 1898.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Frank P. Ware to be postmaster at Brightwood, in the county of Hampden and the State of Massachusetts, the appointment of a postmaster for the said office having, by law, become vested in the President on and after October 1, 1897.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.”

Reference Data:

Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate, 55th Congress, Vol. 31, Part 1, US Congress, 1909, page 446