The Post Office.
THE Post Office of Charlottesville
has always been managed
in a business-like manner
and by people who were
thoroughly competent to transact its
affairs to the perfect satisfaction of
Uncle Sam and the inhabitants of the
community. In 1876 President U. S.
Grant appointed Mrs. Mary H. Sumner
Long, Postmistress. She was the
wife of General Amsterdell Long who
was chief of artillery on the staff of
General Robert E. Lee, and daughter
of General E. V. Sumner of the United
States Army. Mrs. Long held the
position for twenty-two years and
until her death. She was succeeded
by Captain Thomas P. Peyton who
had been connected with the postoffice
for sixteen years and acted as postmaster
for eight months until the appointment
of Willard G. Saltsman,
who gave way about one year ago to
Gen. Thomas L. Rosser who was one
of the leading officers in the Confederate
Army. In the days of Mrs. Long
the postoffice was located where Bibb's
real estate office is now located. In
1895 it was moved to the corner of
Main and Second streets, from where
it removed, April 1, to its splendid new
quarters in the Federal Building.
