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

Found 9,894 matching names.

Lowery, Mary

Printed as: Mrs. Mary Lowery

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

Lowes, Charles

Printed as: Charles Lowes

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

Lowman, Mary Ann

Printed as: Mary Ann Lowman

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 9, 1840
Last Appearance Jul. 9, 1840
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 9, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lowns, Henry

Printed as: Henry Lowns

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 11, 1839
Last Appearance Jul. 11, 1839
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 11, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lowry, David

Printed as: David Lowry

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

Lowry, Thomas T

Printed as: Thomas T Lowry

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lowstetter, John

Printed as: John Lowstetter

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 10, 1822
Last Appearance Apr. 10, 1822
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 10, 1822 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Loyd, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth Loyd

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

Loyd, Frin

Printed as: Frin Loyd

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 11, 1838 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Loyd, Nelson

Printed as: Nelson Loyd

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 10, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Loyd, Samuel

Printed as: Samuel Loyd

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

Lucas

Printed as: Col. Lucas

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jul. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Benjamin

Printed as: Benjamin Lucas

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 17, 1839
Last Appearance Jul. 9, 1840
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 17, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 9, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, E

Printed as: Col E Lucas jr; E Lucas

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Last Appearance Jul. 12, 1838
Post Offices Shepherdstown; Harpers Ferry
Jul. 18, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Edward

Printed as: Edward Lucas; Edward Lucas, Jr.; Capt Edward Lucas; others

18 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 7, 1824
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town; Shepherdstown
Jan. 7, 1824 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list
Apr. 7, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 8, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 7, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 13, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 11, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 4, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 17, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Eliza E

Printed as: Eliza E Lucas

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

Lucas, Elizabeth T

Printed as: Elizabeth T Lucas

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Last Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 23, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Eveline

Printed as: Eveline Lucas

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

Lucas, Francis

Printed as: Francis Lucas

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 9, 1840
Last Appearance Jan. 14, 1841
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 14, 1841 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Frank

Printed as: Frank Lucas

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

Lucas, Leander

Printed as: Miss Leander Lucas

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

Lucas, Levi Thomas

Printed as: Levi Thomas Lucas

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 11, 1839
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 11, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Lewis

Printed as: Lewis Lucas

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Last Appearance Jul. 11, 1839
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 10, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 11, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Mary

Printed as: Mary Lucas

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Last Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Jan. 10, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 12, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Lucas, Nanny

Printed as: Nanny Lucas

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

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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