Thursday, November 19, 2015

Unclaimed Letters at Post Office, Newspaper Images Free, Residents of Rutland Vermont 1836

This article is from the The Rutland Herald, Rutland Vermont, April 1, 1836
(list of Adressees of unclaimed letters, article from the postmaster)


Avery Ames, James O Barnum, Coomer H Boom, Mrs Laura Barnes, Benjamin Batemen 2(letters), Joseph Barton, Lucius Bragg, Charles Barnes, Joshua Burdit, Robert Barney, Ira Bliss 2 (letters), Samuel Brown 2 (letters), William Brown, Thomas Byme, Gould S. Brown 2 (letters), Avery & Eunice Carpenter, Pratt Crain, Jesse W. Caldwell, Rozina L. Cheeney, J P Carver 2 (letters), Charles Durfee, John W Eddy, Roger Eggleston, Samuel Eastman, Mr Frink, William W Ford, Nathaniel A Fuller, B Foyrs, Bigelow C Finton, Charles Greenley, Hilkiah Grout, Isaac Y Gates, Spencer Green, Ralph Grenneli, E A Holton, Charles G Haffa, Stacy & Groverner Hacket, Prescott Haskill, Almon Hitchcock, Phebe Howard, Matthew Humphrey, Amory Houghton, Timothy Harrison, Benj. Johnson, Daniel Jackson, Henry Jackson, Mary Jerah, Adeline Jennings, Jabez Johnson, John K Joy, Samuel Kingsbury 3 (letters), Rufus Long Jr., Jabez Lion, Nathan M Lounsbury, Thomas J Leonard, William Longdean, James Munson, Alanson Mitchell 2 (letters), RV Marsh, Mary Mullard, Samuel Merriam, Nims Supply, Jesse Paul, Happalonia Perkins, Seneca Page, Lucy Powers, Eunice Robbins, Jacob Reynolds, Jane Rathbone, Betsey Roper, Seth Slasuell, Oramel Snow, Heman Spafford, Mary Ann Snow, Ira Seward, Christopher Tyson, Alvan Teuney, Benjamin Whitney, Josiah Wetherby, Wealthy Willis 2 (letters), George Ware, Elbridge Wellington.
T.J. Ormsbee, Postmaster

Transcribers note- I particularly like the name Happalonia Perkins, I've never heard that name before..and I wonder if the letter addressed to "Wealthy Willis" was someone being clever or funny.

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