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[[left margin]] Copy [[/left margin]] Post Office Department Franking Privelege With a view to facilitate the transmission by mail of official communications emanating from the Executive Departments in this City and the respective Bureaux thereof, it is Ordered that authority be given to the Chief Clerks of the Bureaux of all the Executive Departments, to frank official mail matter emanating from the Bureaux to which they are attached (signed) Jno. A.J. Creswell. Postmaster General Washington D.C. March 17, 1869 Official R Williams Assistant Adjutant General [[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]