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James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen 1 1 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The West Medford post office. (search)
uitable. One of the clerical force, Warren E. Wescott, has given an excellent account of this post office from its institution in November, 1852 (elaborating that of Mr. Farnum in Register, Vol. XVI, p. 38):— The office occupied a space about ten feet square in the back part of the store, the entrance being from the Harvard avenue door. The residents mailed their letters through a slot in the front door. The slot, though plugged, can still be seen. Mr. Baldwin held office until May 3, 1859. Franklin Patch was appointed to succeed Mr. Baldwin and held office until September 25, 1866. Mr. Patch was a carpenter engaged in business in Boston. He had the office transferred to his house at 44 Allston street. The house is still standing and in good condition. It was during this period that the postmastership was not a particularly coveted position. An early resident well remembers that for quite a while the mail was taken to the depot on a wheelbarrow in a small mailing c