Excerpt from A Memorandum Concerning the Charlestown Post-OfficeSun - The following complaints have been made the ground of an application to the Postmaster General for a new appointment of Postmaster for the office at Charlestown, Mass.It is stated, that such is the nature and extent of your private business, that it precludes you from discharging the duties of said office in the manner required for the accommodation of the citizens, and the safety of their property that but little of your personal at tention is given to said duties - the greater part of your time being spent in Boston in the discharge of your professional engagements that the business is left almost entirely to the care of an assistant, a lad about thirteen years of age, and in the absence of the assist ant, to such personal acquaintances as may casually stop at the office, who, in return for this service, are allowed to read Such papers as may be in the office for delivery to subscribers: It is further stated, that in consequence ofthe irregularities in the receipt and delivery of letters at your office, many ofthe citizens are unwilling to risk their correspondence through it but prefer having their mail communications addressed to them at the Boston office.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.