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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 9,428 matching names.

Shope, Barnet

Printed as: Barnet Shope

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

Shope, Catharine

Printed as: Catharine Shope

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

Shope, Elias

Printed as: Elias Shope

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

Shope, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth Shope

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

Shope, John B

Printed as: John B Shope

4 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 6, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 5, 1832 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Shope, Mary

Printed as: Mary Shope

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

Shope, Pleasant

Printed as: Pleasant Shope; Miss Pleasant Shope

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
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

Shope, Pleasat

Printed as: Pleasat Shope

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

Shorlock, John

Printed as: John Shorlock

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

Shorse, James

Printed as: James Shorse

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

Short, Ann

Printed as: Ann Short

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

Short, William

Printed as: William Short

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1830
Last Appearance Apr. 13, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town; Shepherdstown
Jul. 14, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Shortel, Edward

Printed as: Edward Shortel

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

Shorts, John

Printed as: John Shorts

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

Shorts, Philip

Printed as: Philip Shorts

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

Shortt, William

Printed as: William Shortt

3 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1839
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 18, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 17, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Shotts, Joseph

Printed as: Joseph Shotts

3 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Last Appearance Jul. 14, 1836
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 10, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Shough, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth Shough

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

Shough, Jacob

Printed as: Jacob Shough

5 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 7, 1824
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Shepherdstown; Charles Town
Jan. 7, 1824 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list
Oct. 9, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Shounder, Samuel B

Printed as: Samuel B Shounder

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

Show, Henry

Printed as: Henry Show

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Last Appearance Jul. 9, 1835
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 5, 1832 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Show, John

Printed as: John Show

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

Show, Samuel

Printed as: Samuel Show

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 1, 1833
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 1, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Showalter, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth Showalter

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 6, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Showalter, Isaac

Printed as: Isaac Showalter

4 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 1, 1823
Last Appearance Jul. 12, 1838
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town
Oct. 1, 1823 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list
Oct. 6, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 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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