Database
Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices
A searchable index of people named in nineteenth-century newspaper lists of unclaimed mail.

Source List
Harpers Ferry PO, 31 March 1822
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Names are shown as printed in the newspaper. Spelling variations, initials, titles, abbreviations, and newspaper errors are common.
A
- Frederick Adamson Adamson, Frederick
- John Allison Allison, John
B
- Eliza Beall Beall, Eliza
- John Beden Beden, John
- John Beltz Beltz, John
- James Brady Brady, James
- Dennis Burns Burns, Dennis
- Michael Burns Burns, Michael
- Benjamin Butterfield Butterfield, Benjamin
C
- William Chunn Chunn, William
- John Claspey Claspey, John
- John Conard Conard, John
- Robert Cushim Cushim, Robert
D
- William Dellager Dellager, William
- Conn Dougherty Dougherty, Conn
- Benjamin Duvall Duvall, Benjamin
F
- Maurice Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Maurice
- Harriot Y French French, Harriot Y
G
- James Gooding Gooding, James
- Joseph Gorney Gorney, Joseph
- William Graham Graham, William
- Johnson Green Green, Johnson
- Alexander Grim Grim, Alexander
- S Grim Grim, S
H
- John H Hall Hall, John H
- Eveline Halley Halley, Eveline
- John C Handy Handy, John C
- Roger Humphreys Humphreys, Roger
J
- John Jamison Jamison, John
- Rawlin Jett Jett, Rawlin
K
- John Kalb Kalb, John
- James Kellem Kellem, James
- Ama Kemp Kemp, Ama
- Thomas Keyes Keyes, Thomas
L
- Thomas Lafferty Lafferty, Thomas
- Valentine Leopold Leopold, Valentine
- John Lowstetter Lowstetter, John
M
- John Mahony Mahony, John
- Jane McCoy McCoy, Jane
- Thomas Melvin Melvin, Thomas
- David Mires Mires, David
- Francis Moore Moore, Francis
- Henry G Moore Moore, Henry G
- Edmond Moross Moross, Edmond
N
- Jacob Nicholds Nicholds, Jacob
- Catharine Nisewanger Nisewanger, Catharine
O
- Samuel Ogleton Ogleton, Samuel
- John Ott Ott, John
P
- John Pearce Pearce, John
R
- John Ramer Ramer, John
- George Richard Richard, George
- John Rite Rite, John
- Miss Mariah L Rokenbaugh Rokenbaugh, Mariah L
- Michael Ruse Ruse, Michael
S
- Edmond Sappington Sappington, Edmond
- Basil Smith Smith, Basil
- Mary Smith Smith, Mary
- Philip Snyder Snyder, Philip
- John Spalding Spalding, John
- Joseph Spencer Spencer, Joseph
- Malachi Staley Staley, Malachi
- Peter Staley Staley, Peter
- Daniel Stevens Stevens, Daniel
- John Strider Strider, John
- Philip Strider Strider, Philip
- William Strider Strider, William
- Mrs. S. H. V. Swearengen Swearengen, S. H. V.
T
- Christian Terry Terry, Christian
- Eliza Trego Trego, Eliza
U
- John Upperman Upperman, John
W
- Abraham Wean Wean, Abraham
- Mrs Jane C Weaver Weaver, Jane C
- Samuel White White, Samuel
- Robert H Williamson Williamson, Robert H
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How to Use These Records
A letter remaining notice does not prove permanent residence, but it can place a person near a particular post office at a particular moment in time. For laborers, migrants, women, tenants, and others who appear only rarely in formal records, these newspaper lists may be one of the few surviving traces of their presence in the area.

