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.

Welch, Margaret

Printed as: Margaret Welch

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

Welch, P.

Printed as: P. Welch

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 20, 1824
Last Appearance Oct. 20, 1824
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 20, 1824 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Welch, Richard

Printed as: Richard Welch

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

Welcome, Anthony

Printed as: Anthony Welcome

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

Welcome, Burshaby

Printed as: Burshaby Welcome

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

Welcome, Busbebe

Printed as: Busbebe Welcome

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Welcome, Earsheba

Printed as: Earsheba Welcome

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

Welcome, John

Printed as: John Welcome

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 19, 1837
Last Appearance Jul. 13, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 19, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 13, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Weldon, John B

Printed as: John B Weldon

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

Welean, Ch.

Printed as: Ch. Welean

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

Weliecks, Letty

Printed as: Letty Weliecks

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

Wellcombe, John

Printed as: John Wellcombe

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

Wells, John F

Printed as: John F Wells

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

Wells, Thomas

Printed as: Thomas Wells

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 7, 1836
Last Appearance Jan. 7, 1836
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 7, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Wells, William

Printed as: William Wells

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

Welsh, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth Welsh

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 13, 1836
Last Appearance Jul. 13, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 13, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Welsh, Frederick

Printed as: Frederick Welsh

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

Welsh, Jacob

Printed as: Jacob Welsh

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

Welsh, Jacob J

Printed as: Jacob J Welsh

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 8, 1835
Last Appearance Oct. 8, 1835
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 8, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Welsh, John

Printed as: John Welsh

4 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 14, 1830
Last Appearance Jan. 12, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town; Shepherdstown
Jul. 14, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 1, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 12, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Unknown newspaper View source list

Welsh, John J

Printed as: John J Welsh

8 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Oct. 8, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town; Shepherdstown
Oct. 6, 1830 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 8, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Welsh, Patrick

Printed as: Patrick Welsh

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 8, 1835
Last Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 8, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Welshance, Joseph

Printed as: Joseph Welshance

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

Welsy, John F

Printed as: John F Welsy

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 8, 1835
Last Appearance Jan. 8, 1835
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 8, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Weltru, Osburn

Printed as: Osburn Weltru

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

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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