The Mount Sterling, Switzerland County, Indiana, List of Letters for December 1839 appeared in the following newspapers:
The Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat – 11 Jan 1840 – Page 3, Column 5; 18 Jan 1840 – Page 3 – Column 5
List of Letters
REMAINING in the Post Office at Mount Sterling, Switzerland county, Ia., on the 31st day of December, 1839, and if not taken out within three months, will be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters.
- Armington J L 2
- Brown Samuel
- Cole Leonard
- Cotton James
- Dyer James jr
- Dow Thomas B
- Dow Joseph
- Emmet William B
- Evington Rebecca
- Froman Paul
- Gilliland Samuel
- Gaines John
- Greenlee William
- Gates John
- Gaines Richard
- Gibbs Mr.
- Kincaid Joseph
- Looks Mr
- Leroy Jonas
- Letherberry Charles
- Lyst Joeph
- McMakin John
- Merritt Albert
- Nelson Margaret
- Picket Younger
- Peelman Scyntha
- Pavy Samuel H.
- Post Mistress Pirates Retreat
- Robinson James B 2
- Reed H A
- Schoonover Francis
- Silkey John Peter
- Shebb F
- Simmons Mervin or Melvin
- Smith Collins
- Smith Israel
- Sherman J
- Smith John
- Snook John
- Sandifer William
- Sigman John
- Sheets J Miss
- Vanhorn Abraham F
- Worstell Smith P 2
ISRAEL R. WHITEHEAD, P. M.
December 31, 1839.