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

Found 9,428 matching names.

McDaniel, Hugh

Printed as: Hugh McDaniel

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 6, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDaniel, Isaac

Printed as: Isaac McDaniel

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

McDaniel, James

Printed as: James McDaniel

4 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Jul. 11, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Jan. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 12, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 11, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDaniel, James W

Printed as: James W McDaniel

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 13, 1837
Last Appearance Jul. 13, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 13, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDaniel, John

Printed as: John McDaniel

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Apr. 13, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 14, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 13, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDaniel, Lot

Printed as: Lot McDaniel

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

McDaniel, Mary

Printed as: Mary McDaniel; Mrs Mary McDaniel

3 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Jul. 10, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDaniel, Matilda

Printed as: Matilda McDaniel

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

McDanon, James

Printed as: James McDanon

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

McDevit, Felic

Printed as: Felic McDevit

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jul. 10, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDevit, Patrick

Printed as: Patrick McDevit

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDirrah, James

Printed as: James McDirrah

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

McDonagh, William

Printed as: William McDonagh

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 4, 1839
Last Appearance Apr. 4, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 4, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonah, William

Printed as: William McDonah

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

McDonald

Printed as: Mr McDonald

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 8, 1835
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Jan. 8, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonald, Bernard

Printed as: Bernard McDonald

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1831
Last Appearance Oct. 6, 1831
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 6, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonald, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth McDonald

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 14, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonald, Frances W

Printed as: Frances W McDonald

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

McDonald, George W

Printed as: George W McDonald

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Apr. 10, 1834
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 10, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonald, Hugh

Printed as: Hugh McDonald

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Jan. 5, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonald, J

Printed as: J McDonald

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

McDonald, James

Printed as: James McDonald

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

McDonald, John

Printed as: John McDonald

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Oct. 11, 1838
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

McDonald, John B

Printed as: John B McDonald

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

McDonald, Mary

Printed as: Mary McDonald

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Last Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 17, 1833 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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