Politics & Government
Local Historian Aiming for Gerry Stamp
A local historian will ask the Board of Selectmen for support in filing a request with the US Postal Service for a commemorative Elbridge Gerry postage stamp.
Local historian Don Doliber is scheduled to appear before the town's Board of Selectmen tonight to ask for their support in filing a request for an Elbridge Gerry postage stamp.
Doliber said he hopes the Selectmen will agree to join him in his effort to file a request with the US Postal Service to have the stamp produced in 2014, marking the 200th anniversary of Gerry's death.
"There has been a lot of focus on Elbridge Gerry recently and I thought this would be a great thing to do," Doliber said.
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The idea for the stamp, Doliber said, was sparked in part by a recent lecture at the entitled "Elbridge Gerry: Marblehead’s Forgotten Son.”
"The lecture got me to thinking about this and we just will have to see what happens," Doliber said.
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The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of and Doliber is first on the agenda.
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