Remaining Letters Issues

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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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Letter Index Results

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

Found 9,894 matching names.

Lamping, William

Printed as: William Lamping

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 8, 1840
Last Appearance Oct. 8, 1840
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 8, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lanaham, Michael

Printed as: Michael Lanaham

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 11, 1832
Last Appearance Oct. 11, 1832
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 11, 1832 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lanahan, Timothy

Printed as: Timothy Lanahan

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 10, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Ann

Printed as: Ann Lancaster

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 20, 1824
Last Appearance Oct. 20, 1824
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 20, 1824 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Ebenezar

Printed as: Ebenezar Lancaster

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

Lancaster, John

Printed as: John Lancaster

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 9, 1823
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1823
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 9, 1823 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Joseph

Printed as: Joseph Lancaster

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 9, 1821
Last Appearance Oct. 9, 1821
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 9, 1821 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Lancaster, M

Printed as: M Lancaster

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 9, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Mahlon K

Printed as: Mahlon K Lancaster

3 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 5, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 5, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 19, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Malan K

Printed as: Malan K Lancaster

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Malon

Printed as: Malon Lancaster

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1830
Last Appearance Apr. 7, 1830
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 7, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lancaster, Samuel

Printed as: Samuel Lancaster

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

Landeraft, William

Printed as: William Landeraft

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 9, 1834
Last Appearance Oct. 9, 1834
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 9, 1834 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Landrigan, Lawrence

Printed as: Lawrence Landrigan

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

Lane, Henry

Printed as: Henry Lane

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 13, 1836
Last Appearance Oct. 13, 1836
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 13, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lane, James S

Printed as: James S Lane

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Last Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 19, 1832 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 10, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lane, Joseph E

Printed as: Joseph E Lane

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 11, 1839
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 11, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lane, Ni[?] E

Printed as: Ni[?] E Lane

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

Lane, R J

Printed as: R J Lane

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 10, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lane, Sarah

Printed as: Sarah Lane

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

Lane, William H

Printed as: William H Lane

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

Lang, James

Printed as: James Lang

6 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 23, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lang, Robert

Printed as: Robert Lang

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

Langdon, Peter

Printed as: Peter Langdon

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Langdon, Robert A

Printed as: Robert A Langdon

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

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.

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