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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.

Brown, Ellen M

Printed as: Miss Ellen M Brown

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

Brown, Elles W

Printed as: Elles W Brown

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

Brown, Evelina

Printed as: Evelina Brown

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

Brown, Farewell

Printed as: Farewell Brown

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

Brown, Francis

Printed as: Francis Brown

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 10, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Heary

Printed as: Heary Brown

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

Brown, Henry

Printed as: Henry Brown

4 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Last Appearance Apr. 4, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jul. 18, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 10, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 4, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Hiram D

Printed as: Hiram D Brown

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 10, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Hugh

Printed as: Hugh Brown

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

Brown, Isaac

Printed as: Isaac Brown

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Last Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 23, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Isabella

Printed as: Isabella Brown

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

Brown, J

Printed as: J Brown

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

Brown, J J

Printed as: J J Brown

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

Brown, Jacob

Printed as: Jacob Brown

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

Brown, James

Printed as: James Brown

3 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Jul. 7, 1831 Charles Town 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

Brown, James A

Printed as: James A Brown

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Last Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Jul. 19, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 17, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, James D

Printed as: James D Brown

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

Brown, James M

Printed as: James M Brown; Rev James M Brown

5 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 7, 1836
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 19, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 13, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Jesse

Printed as: Jesse Brown

3 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 10, 1834 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, John

Printed as: John Brown

7 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Jul. 7, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
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. 18, 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
Jul. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, John H

Printed as: John H Brown

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 7, 1824
Last Appearance Jan. 7, 1824
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 7, 1824 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Brown, John J

Printed as: John J Brown

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1831
Last Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 6, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 17, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Joseph

Printed as: Joseph Brown

4 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1830
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 14, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 10, 1834 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Brown, Joseph H

Printed as: Joseph H Brown

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

Brown, Joseph M

Printed as: Joseph M Brown

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