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.

Peil, Adam

Printed as: Adam Peil

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

Peirpoint, Samuel

Printed as: Samuel Peirpoint

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

Pelter, James

Printed as: James Pelter

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

Pelts, A M

Printed as: A M Pelts

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

Peltz, Michael

Printed as: Michael Peltz

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 5, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Pendleton, H M

Printed as: Miss H M Pendleton

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

Pendleton, John

Printed as: John Pendleton

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 9, 1834
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 9, 1834 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Pendleton, Phillip

Printed as: Phillip Pendleton

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

Pendleton, T P

Printed as: T P Pendleton

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

Pendleton, William H

Printed as: William H Pendleton

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Penn, John

Printed as: John Penn

6 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 7, 1824
Last Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 7, 1824 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 17, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 23, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Penn, Michael

Printed as: Michael Penn

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Last Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 17, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Penn, Shadrach

Printed as: Shadrach Penn

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

Penn, Shadrick

Printed as: Shadrick Penn

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

Pennick, Mary

Printed as: Mary Pennick

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Jan. 7, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 10, 1834 Charles Town Post Office Unknown newspaper View source list
Jan. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Peoples, James

Printed as: James Peoples

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

Pepsecoe, Thomas

Printed as: Thomas Pepsecoe

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

Peragoy, Joel

Printed as: Joel Peragoy

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

Perce, Seldon

Printed as: Seldon Perce

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

Percival, Charles F

Printed as: Charles F Percival

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jul. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Perdue, Caleb

Printed as: Caleb Perdue

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

Perdue, Thomas H

Printed as: Thomas H Perdue

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

Peregoy, Joel

Printed as: Joel Peregoy

3 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 11, 1832
Last Appearance Jul. 7, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Oct. 11, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 10, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Perkins, Joseph

Printed as: Joseph Perkins

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Apr. 12, 1838
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Apr. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 12, 1838 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Perley, Benjamin

Printed as: Benjamin Perley

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Last Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 5, 1832 Harpers Ferry 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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