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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 3 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 2 0 Browse Search
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 2 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative 1 1 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. 1 1 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 29., The West Medford post office. (search)
tes Post Office, and above all the staff from which the stars and stripes daily fly. Its frontage is fifty-two feet, its depth ninety-two feet, and it occupies a lot beside Whitmore brook, hitherto vacant from time immemorial. In 1872 the Congregational parish thought of building there, but its architect deemed the site unsuitable. 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