1886 Post Office Department Letter to Zoar Postmaster re. Mail Messenger Service For Sale

Original Letter from the Second Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D.C., to Zoar Postmaster, announcing inability to provide Mail Messenger Service due to low bids. Includes envelope.
Notes:*Zoar Ohio was settled in 1817 by German religious dissenters. German Separatists left southeastern Germany to escape persecution for their religious beliefs. The Separatists thought that the church should be simple, and they emphasized a mystical and direct relationship with God. In 1819, they organized a self-sufficient society—the Society of Separatists of Zoar—which operated in Tuscarawas County until 1898 when the group disbanded. The Zoarites of Tuscarawas County were among the many communal groups that rejected capitalist society. Citing private property as a source of discontent and jealousy, they held all property in common. In 1898, the few remaining members of the community divided the assets and
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