From the New York Tribune, 7/9/1883, p. 1, c. 5

REWARDED FOR LOYALTY IN THE WAR.

WASHINGTON, July 8. – Miss Van Lew, of Richmond, Va., whose services during the war on behalf of the Union cause and in aid of the Union soldiers in Libby Prison gave her some prominence, has been offered a first-class clerkship in the Post Office Department by Postmaster-General Greshan on the recommendation of General Grant. Miss Van Lew was postmaster at Richmond during President Grant’s administration.

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