Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to postmaster in Amherst, Massachusetts, September 10, 1914
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Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to postmaster in Amherst, Massachusetts, September 10, 1914
Subject
Letter from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to postmaster in Amherst, Massachusetts, September 10, 1914
Description
Typed letter sent from Dr. Alfred E. Stearns to Amherst, Massachusetts postmaster. Mailed letter to Thomas Lee in South College. Explains Lee has not received letter despite inquiry. Received communication from post office that letter was unclaimed and required postage to return. Explains that letter was returned this morning and postage that was forwarded wasn't used. Requests explanation.
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Dear Sir:
On September 2d I mailed a letter addressed to Mr. Thomas Lee South College, Amherst, Mass. Several days later Mr. Lee telephoned me that the letter had not reached him, and that on inquiring at your office he had been assured that it was not there. Later, on that very day, I received a communication from you stating that the letter was in your office unclaimed, and asking me for directions in regard to its disposition, and for postage to cover its return if I desired it to be sent back to me. The notice stated that otherwise the letter would be sent to the dead letter office.
I am wholly at a loss to understand the situation. The letter was mailed in one of our regular school envelopes, on the upper left-hand corner of which is printed— "After 5 days, return to Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.” I sent you instructions to have it returned, and it has this morning been received. The postage which I forwarded by request was not used, as naturally there was no occasion for it to be. As I cannot help feeling that the matter has been improperly handled, I shall be pleased to receive further information from you by way of explanation.
Very truly yours,
On September 2d I mailed a letter addressed to Mr. Thomas Lee South College, Amherst, Mass. Several days later Mr. Lee telephoned me that the letter had not reached him, and that on inquiring at your office he had been assured that it was not there. Later, on that very day, I received a communication from you stating that the letter was in your office unclaimed, and asking me for directions in regard to its disposition, and for postage to cover its return if I desired it to be sent back to me. The notice stated that otherwise the letter would be sent to the dead letter office.
I am wholly at a loss to understand the situation. The letter was mailed in one of our regular school envelopes, on the upper left-hand corner of which is printed— "After 5 days, return to Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.” I sent you instructions to have it returned, and it has this morning been received. The postage which I forwarded by request was not used, as naturally there was no occasion for it to be. As I cannot help feeling that the matter has been improperly handled, I shall be pleased to receive further information from you by way of explanation.
Very truly yours,
Creator
Dr. Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
September 10, 1914
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence