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 9,428 matching names.

Avis, Robert

Printed as: Robert Avis

3 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1831
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 5, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 5, 1832 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Avis, Susan

Printed as: Susan Avis

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 5, 1832
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 5, 1832 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Avis, William

Printed as: William Avis

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 12, 1837
Last Appearance Oct. 12, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown; Charles Town
Jan. 12, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Unknown newspaper View source list
Oct. 12, 1837 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Axtell, Henry

Printed as: Henry Axtell

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

Babansy, Christopher

Printed as: Christopher Babansy

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

Baber, James

Printed as: Rev James Baber

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 8, 1835
Last Appearance Oct. 11, 1838
Post Offices Charles Town
Oct. 8, 1835 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 11, 1838 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Backhouse, George

Printed as: George Backhouse

3 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Post Offices Charles Town; Harpers Ferry
Apr. 7, 1831 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jul. 7, 1831 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Apr. 11, 1833 Charles Town Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Backus, George

Printed as: George Backus

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Jan. 6, 1830
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 6, 1830 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Bacon, Charles

Printed as: Charles Bacon

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

Badams, Polly

Printed as: Polly Badams

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Last Appearance Apr. 14, 1836
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 14, 1836 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Baden, Harriet

Printed as: Harriet Baden

2 appearances
First Appearance Oct. 17, 1833
Last Appearance Jan. 23, 1834
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
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

Baden, John

Printed as: John Baden

2 appearances
First Appearance Jan. 6, 1830
Last Appearance Jan. 8, 1835
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 6, 1830 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 8, 1835 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Bagly, Isham D

Printed as: Isham D Bagly

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

Bagurt, William

Printed as: William Bagurt

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

Baigle, Daniel

Printed as: Daniel Baigle

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

Bailey

Printed as: Mrs Bailey

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

Bailey, James

Printed as: James Bailey

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 8, 1822
Last Appearance Jan. 8, 1822
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 8, 1822 Harpers Ferry Post Office Harpers Ferry Free Press View source list

Bails, Abner

Printed as: Abner Bails

3 appearances
First Appearance Apr. 7, 1831
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Apr. 7, 1831 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Oct. 11, 1832 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list
Jan. 10, 1833 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Baily, George

Printed as: George Baily

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

Baily, Leanna

Printed as: Leanna Baily

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

Baily, Sylvester E

Printed as: Sylvester E Baily

1 appearance
First Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Last Appearance Apr. 11, 1833
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Apr. 11, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Baily, Thomas

Printed as: Thomas Baily

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

Baine, John

Printed as: John Baine

1 appearance
First Appearance Jul. 13, 1837
Last Appearance Jul. 13, 1837
Post Offices Shepherdstown
Jul. 13, 1837 Shepherdstown Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Bajeant, William Semor

Printed as: William Semor Bajeant

1 appearance
First Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Last Appearance Jan. 10, 1833
Post Offices Harpers Ferry
Jan. 10, 1833 Harpers Ferry Post Office Virginia Free Press View source list

Bake, William C

Printed as: William C Bake

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

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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