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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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Names are shown as printed when possible. Spelling variations, initials, abbreviations, titles, and newspaper errors are common.

Found 9,894 matching names.

Anderson, Anna B

Printed as: Anna B Anderson

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

Anderson, Catharine

Printed as: Catharine Anderson

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Last Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 5, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 19, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, Charles

Printed as: Charles Anderson

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

Anderson, David

Printed as: David Anderson

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

Anderson, Elizabeth

Printed as: Elizabeth Anderson

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

Anderson, Emily

Printed as: Emily Anderson

2 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 19, 1832
Last Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town
Jul. 19, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, George

Printed as: George Anderson

3 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1830
Last Appearance Oct. 13, 1836
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Shepherdstown
Apr. 7, 1830 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 13, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, H C

Printed as: H C Anderson

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Last Appearance Jan. 9, 1840
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 12, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 9, 1840 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, H G

Printed as: H G Anderson

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

Anderson, James

Printed as: James Anderson

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 9, 1834
Last Appearance Apr. 9, 1835
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 9, 1834 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, John

Printed as: John Anderson

6 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 7, 1836
Post Offices Charles Town
Jan. 5, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 5, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 11, 1832 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 8, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 7, 1836 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, Johnathan

Printed as: Johnathan Anderson

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

Anderson, Jonathan

Printed as: Jonathan Anderson

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

Anderson, Sameul G

Printed as: Sameul G Anderson

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

Anderson, Samuel B

Printed as: Samuel B Anderson

2 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Last Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 11, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 18, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Anderson, Thornton

Printed as: Thornton Anderson

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

Anderson, William

Printed as: William Anderson

6 appearances
First Appearance Jul. 18, 1833
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1839
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Shepherdstown
Jul. 18, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 23, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 9, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 9, 1835 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 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

Andrews, A.

Printed as: A. Andrews

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

Andrews, Charles W

Printed as: Rev Charles W Andrews

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

Andrews, Daniel

Printed as: Daniel Andrews

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

Andrews, J

Printed as: J Andrews

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

Andrews, James

Printed as: James Andrews

8 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Post Offices Harpers Ferry; Charles Town; Shepherdstown
Oct. 6, 1830 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 5, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 7, 1831 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 13, 1831 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 9, 1834 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 14, 1836 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Andrews, Samuel C

Printed as: Samuel C Andrews

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

Andrews, William J B

Printed as: William J B Andrews

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Last Appearance Jul. 10, 1834
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 10, 1834 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Annan, Eliza

Printed as: Eliza Annan

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

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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