Remaining Letters Issues

Database

Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices

A searchable index of people named in nineteenth-century newspaper lists of unclaimed mail.

Results

Letter Index Results

Names are shown as printed when possible. Spelling variations, initials, abbreviations, titles, and newspaper errors are common.

Found 9,428 matching names.

Israel, Joseph

Printed as: Joseph Israel

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 1, 1833
Last Appearance Apr. 1, 1833
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 1, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Israel, Thomas

Printed as: Thomas Israel

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jul. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, Frances R

Printed as: Frances R Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Last Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 18, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, Francis

Printed as: Francis Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 11, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, I

Printed as: I Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, James

Printed as: James Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 13, 1837
Last Appearance Apr. 13, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, Juliet Ann

Printed as: Juliet Ann Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 7, 1836
Last Appearance Jan. 7, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, Juliet H

Printed as: Juliet H Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Last Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 5, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, M

Printed as: M Jack

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jack, Robert Y

Printed as: Robert Y Jack

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 6, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson

Printed as: Mr. Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Allen

Printed as: Allen Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Last Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 12, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Ann

Printed as: Ann Jackson

5 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 9, 1835
Last Appearance Jul. 11, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 13, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 12, 1838 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 11, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Archiles

Printed as: Archiles Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 12, 1838
Last Appearance Apr. 12, 1838
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 12, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Charles

Printed as: Charles Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 19, 1837
Last Appearance Jan. 19, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 19, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Dennis

Printed as: Dennis Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Last Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 5, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Edmund

Printed as: Edmund Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 1, 1823
Last Appearance Oct. 1, 1823
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 1, 1823 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Jackson, George

Printed as: George Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Last Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jul. 19, 1832 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Harriet E

Printed as: Harriet E Jackson; Miss Harriet E Jackson

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 13, 1836
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 13, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Henry

Printed as: Henry Jackson

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Oct. 13, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Apr. 14, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 13, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, James

Printed as: James Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1830
Last Appearance Jul. 14, 1830
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 14, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, James G

Printed as: James G Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 6, 1830 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Jane F

Printed as: Jane F Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 17, 1839
Last Appearance Oct. 17, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 17, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, John

Printed as: John Jackson

5 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1830
Last Appearance Apr. 4, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town; Shepherdstown; Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 10, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 9, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 4, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Jackson, Manuel

Printed as: Manuel Jackson

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 6, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

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.

✕