Harpers Ferry
Explore individuals whose names appeared in published lists of letters remaining at the Harpers Ferry Post Office.
1821–1836 Years 30 Lists 4,692 Names
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Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices
A searchable index of people named in nineteenth-century newspaper lists of unclaimed mail.
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Browse all names on the remaining letter lists from three historic local post offices.
Shepherdstown
View individuals connected to the Shepherdstown Post Office through published letter remaining notices.
1831–1836 Years 20 Lists 1,728 Names
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1830–1836 Years 23 Lists 2,683 Names
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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.