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.

Potter, James

Printed as: James Potter

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

Potter, John H

Printed as: John H Potter

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

Potts, John

Printed as: John Potts

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

Potts, Zacariah

Printed as: Zacariah Potts

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

Potts, Zachariah

Printed as: Zachariah Potts

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

Powel, Jane

Printed as: Jane Powel

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

Powel, Mary

Printed as: Mary Powel

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

Powell, A M

Printed as: A M Powell

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

Powell, Archibald M

Printed as: Archibald M Powell

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Apr. 12, 1838
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 10, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Powell, George

Printed as: George Powell

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

Powell, Grafton T

Printed as: Grafton T Powell

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

Powell, John R

Printed as: John R Powell

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

Powell, William

Printed as: William Powell

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

Power, Michael

Printed as: Michael Power

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

Power, Susannah

Printed as: Mrs. Susannah Power

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

Power, Thomas

Printed as: Thomas Power

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

Powers, Charles H

Printed as: Charles H Powers

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

Powers, David

Printed as: David Powers

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 8, 1835
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 8, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Powers, Mathew

Printed as: Mathew Powers

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 14, 1841
Last Appearance Jan. 14, 1841
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 14, 1841 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Powers, Richard

Printed as: Richard Powers

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

Powers, Thomas

Printed as: Thomas Powers

3 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Last Appearance Jan. 8, 1835
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Jul. 19, 1832 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 8, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Prater, Mary Ann

Printed as: Mary Ann Prater

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

Prather, James

Printed as: James Prather

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 9, 1835
Last Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Prather, Laban

Printed as: Laban Prather

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

Prather, Mary

Printed as: Mary Prather

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 11, 1838 Shepherdstown 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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