Fort Lancaster Tex

August 31^st1861

           

To the Hon. Post Master General

of the Confederate States of America

                       

The undersigned would respectfully represent that Fort Lancaster is one of the permanent frontier posts on the mail route from San Antonio to El Paso and is now garesoned with one Company C.S.A. Troop—that the mail is carried past this post each way once everry week and that there is no post office at this post and non nearer than Camp Stocton ninety miles west or Fort Clark one hundred & seventy miles east, and that we are compelled to send and receive our mail matter by Special Express at a great inconvenience and expence. we would therefore ask that a post office be established at this post and M. G. Happex be appointed post master

                                                                                               

we remain

very Resp.

Yours

Capt W. C. Adams

Commanding Company

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