Gold Rush Letters – November 4, 1849

November 4, 1849 From article published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, January 17, 1850 CALIFORNIA– A letter was received in this place , by last night’s mail, but which we have not yet seen, from Mr. C. F. Kirtley. The letter is dated the 4th of November. at Sacramento City. Mr. K., we learn, had … Read more

Gold Rush Letters – October 27, 1849

October 27, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, January, 1850 CALIFORNIA LETTERS Three letters were received in this place last week from Mr. C. F. Kirtley, of which we made brief mention in our last paper. Two of them were to his wife, residing in this place, and one to his brother-in-law, … Read more

List of Unclaimed Letters – 4 Oct 1855

Unclaimed Letters A list of letters remaining in the Post Office at Hannibal, 1st October 1855 taken from The Whig Messenger, Thursday, October 4, 1855. BAKER, Geo. BASKET, Thomas BOURN, Wm. BUCKNER, Horace BLIET, Mrs. Martha BOWRING, Henry BARKLEY, Levi BUTTER, Richard BROTHERS, Davis BEAKE, Annie L. BUTTER, Parmelia B. (2) BACON, Robert BAREN, Ephraim … Read more

List of Unclaimed Letters – 29 Nov 1873

LIST OF LETTERS Remaining uncalled for in the Post Office ofHannibal, Missouri, onSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 1873.To obtain any of these letters, the applicant must call for advertised letters, giving the date of this list, and pay one cent for advertising. If not called for within one month, they will be sent to the Dead Letter … Read more