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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.

Burns, Patrick

Printed as: Patrick Burns

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Last Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 23, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burns, Peter

Printed as: Peter Burns

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Oct. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burns, Robert

Printed as: Robert Burns

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Last Appearance Jan. 11, 1838
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 11, 1838 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burnside, John N

Printed as: John N Burnside

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 9, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burr, James

Printed as: James Burr; James Burr, Sr; James Burr, jr.

9 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1831
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town; Shepherdstown
Oct. 6, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 1, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 23, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 13, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 13, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 12, 1838 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burr, Moses W

Printed as: Moses W Burr

4 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 12, 1838
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1840
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 12, 1838 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1839 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1840 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burrow

Printed as: Mr Burrow

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

Burton, Charles

Printed as: Charles Burton

3 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Oct. 11, 1838
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Jul. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 11, 1838 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burton, G H

Printed as: G H Burton

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

Burton, George H

Printed as: George H Burton

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 9, 1840
Last Appearance Jan. 14, 1841
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 14, 1841 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burton, George Henry

Printed as: George Henry Burton

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 19, 1837
Last Appearance Jan. 19, 1837
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 19, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burton, Josh

Printed as: Josh Burton

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

Burton, Joshua

Printed as: Joshua Burton

3 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 5, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1839 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burus, Jonathan

Printed as: Jonathan Burus

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

Burwall, Charles

Printed as: Charles Burwall

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

Burwell, Ann E

Printed as: Ann E Burwell

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

Burwell, Bacon

Printed as: Bacon Burwell

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Last Appearance Oct. 8, 1835
Post Offices Charles Town
Apr. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 8, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Burwell, Charles

Printed as: Charles Burwell

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

Burwell, James

Printed as: James Burwell

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

Buser, Jeremiah

Printed as: Mrs. Jeremiah Buser

1 appearance
First Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Last Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Oct. 12, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Busey, Benjamin

Printed as: Benjamin Busey

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 12, 1837
Last Appearance Jan. 12, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jan. 12, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Unknown newspaper View source list

Busey, Edward

Printed as: Edward Busey

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 9, 1835
Last Appearance Jul. 9, 1835
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Busey, Ezra F

Printed as: Ezra F Busey

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

Busey, Washington

Printed as: Washington Busey

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

Buskirk, Orra M

Printed as: Orra M Buskirk; Mrs Orra M Buskirk

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 11, 1839
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
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

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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