THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 260.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 29, 1848.
H. R. 260.
(No Report.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 29, 1848.
Mr. Goggin, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported a bill ( H. R. No.
260) “to establish certain Post routes,” which was read twice, and committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
May 30, 1848.
Re-committed to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
June 14, 1848.
Re-committed to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
June 14, 1848.
Reported back from the said Committee with amendments, which were agreed to by the
House, and the said bill as amended, ordered to be printed.
A BILL
To establish certain post routes.
To establish certain post routes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following post roads be, and the same are hereby, established in the states and Territo- ries as hereafter expressed, viz: in |
6 | MAINE. |
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From Farmington, via East Strong, New Vineyard and New Portland, to Kingsfield. |
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From Stoneham, via East Stoneham, to North Waterford. From Bangor, via Hancock, Exeter, South Levant, Garland Centre, East Sangerville, Guilford Centre, to Monson, county of Piscataquis. |
14 | VERMONT. |
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From Northumberland, New Hampshire, to East Burke, Vermont, via Guildhall, Granby and Victory. From Townsend, Vermont, to West Townsend. From Grafton, Vermont, to Londonderry. From West Townsend, Vermont, to Windham Center. From Cambridge, Lamoille county, Vermont, via Fletcher, to Brookfield.^Bakersfield^ |
23 | PENNSYLVANIA. |
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From Sharon, Potters county, Pennsylvania, via McKay’s grist mill, through the valley of the Honeyoye creek, to Wellsville, in the State of New York. From Norristown, Montgomery county, to Allentown, Lehigh county, via Jeffersonville, Perkiomen bridge, Schwenkes’ store, Frederick, Colebrookdale and Emaus. From Pottsville, Schuylkill county, to Millersburg, on the Susquehanna, via Llewellyn, Tremont, Bearmont, Wiconisco, and Elizabethville. From Stroudsburg, Monroe county, to East Sterling, |
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Wayne county, via Brackleyville, Priceburg, Indian Hill, and Covesville. From Penningtonville, Chester county, to the Buck post office, Lancaster county, via Coopersville, Green Tree Inn, Barts’, and Pasmore’s. From Oil creek post office, in Titusville, Crawford county, to Columbus, Warren county, via Rome, Eldred, and Spring creek townships. From Trexletown, Lehigh county, to Hereford, via Middletown. From Worcester, Montgomery county, to Centre Square. From Jonestown, Lebanon county, to Rherersburg, Berks county. From borough of Clarion, Clarion county, to bor- ough of Ridgway, Elk county, via the northeast side of Clarion river. From Allen, Cumberland county, to Boiling Spring. From Hollidaysburg, Blair county, via Alleghany and Ashland Furnaces, and Weakland’s, to Newman’s Mills, Indiana county. From Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, via Camden, New Jersey, Ellesburg, Fellowship, and Green Tree, to Mount Laurel, Burlington county, New Jersey. ^X^ From West Philadelphia, via Kellysville, Lobb’s |
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store, Springfield, Rose Tree, and Bishop’s Works, to Howelsville, Delaware county. From Sunneytown, Montgomery county, via Spin- nerstown, to Emaus, Lehigh county. From Emlenstown, Venango county, to the mouth of Tionesta creek. From Sunville, Venango county, via Wallaceville, to Dempsey. From Cushingville, Potter county, to Spring Mill’s in the State of New York. From Allentown, Lehigh county, via Schneeksville, to Kirn’s Mills. From Norristown, via Jefferson. From Norristown, via Jeffersonville, Shannonville, and Lumberville, in the county of Montgomery, to Phoe- nixville, in the county of Chester. |
^From Avondale &c^
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⋄line 39, insert: From Avondale, Chester county, Penn- sylvania, to Stanton, Newcastle county, Delaware. From Gap post office, Lancaster county, via Hat and Intercourse, to New Holland. From West Penn, Schuylkill county, to Lelu^hi^ghton, Carbon county. From Smith’s ferry, Beaver county, via Ohioville, to Darlington. From Dunningsville, Washington county, via Vance- ville, to Hillsborough. From Pittsburg, via Breakneck, Whitestown, and Prospect, to Brownington. From Williamsport, Lycoming county, via Loyalso^ck^ Valley, to Cherry, Sullivan county.⋄ |
75 | OHIO. |
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From Milan to Sandusky city. From Sabina to Centreville. From Georgetown, via New Hope, Bruton and Greenbush, to Fayetteville. From Wilmington, via Martinsville, Lynchburgh, Dodsonsville, Buford and New Lake, to Georgetown From Defiance, via Brunersburgh and Hicksville, to Panama. |
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From Tiffin, via Van Buren and Independence, to Defiance. From Warren, via Hudson, to Brunswick. From Lower Sandusky to Port Clinton. From Hagerstown to Eaton. From Jackson court-house, via Jackson Furnace, to Portsmouth. From Waterville to Bryan. From Waterford, via Watertown, to Barlow. Strike out all Indiana, and insert the following: |
94 | INDIANA |
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From Putnamville, via Cataract Mills, Spencer and Whitehall, in the county of Owen, and Stanford, in the county of Monroe, to Springville, in Lawrence county. From Tipton, in Tipton county, via West Kinder- hook, to Strawtown, in Hamilton county. From Salem, in Washington county, via Leesville, in Lawrence county, to Bloomington, in Monroe county. From Muncie, in Delaware county, to the county seat of Tipton county. From West Unity, in Williams county, Ohio, via Angola, to La Grange Centre, in the State of Indiana. From St. Joseph, via Williams Centre, Banners- burgh, to Defiance, in the State of Ohio. |
⋄From Leesburg to Wolf Lake⋄⋄From Vincennes to Ducksburg in Knox County to Princeton in Gibson County. ⋄
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From Bellville, in the county of Hendricks, via Danville, to North Salem. From Brownstown, in Jackson county, via David Bowman’s, to Nashville, in Brown county. From Bluffton, in Wells county, to Fort Wayne, in Allen county. From Fulton to Linn. From Round Will to Arator. From Richmond, via Far West, Maysville, and Gentryville, to Athens. From Gallatin, via Marysville, to Saint Joseph. From Hartville to Waynesville. From Danville to Mexico. From La Grange to Goshen. From Monticello, in White county, to Lafayette, in Tippecanoe county. From Perkinsville, in Madison county, via New Lancaster, to Tipton, in Tipton county. From Evansville, in Vanderburgh county, to Cyn- thiana, in Posey county. From Metea or Fulton, in Fulton county, via Per- rysburg, Niconza, Laketon, North Manchester, Liberty Mills, South Whitely, to Whitely. |
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From Washington, in Davis county, via Fayette- ville, in Lawrence county, to Bedford, in said county. |
134 | MICHIGAN. |
135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 |
From Michigan, in the county of Ingham, via Oneida, Chester, and Vermontville, in Eaton county, and Hastings, in the county of Barry, to Allegan, in the county of Allegan. From Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun, to Michigan, in the county of Ingham, via Bellvue and Charlotte, in the county of Eaton. From Marshall, via Olivet and Charlotte, to Michigan, the capital of the State. From Hastings, in the county of Barry, to Vermont- ville; thence through Wheaton’s Settlement, in the town of Chester; thence to Hovey’s Settlement, in the town of Benton; and thence to Michigan, the seat of govern- ment. From Marshall, via Eaton Rapids, to Michigan, the capital of the State. From Hillsdale, Michigan, to Montpelier, in Ohio. From Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, via Austin’s Lake, Vicksburg, John W. Backey’s, Mendon, Sand Lake, Sturgis’ Prairie, to Lima, in the State of Indiana. |
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From Brooklyn, in the county of Jackson, to Grass Lake, in the county aforesaid. From Dexter, via Pinckney, to Howell. From Dexter to Michigan, the capital of the State. From Paw Paw, via Almina Centre, in Van Buren county, to Alamo, in Kalamazoo county, intersecting, at that point, the route from Kalamazoo to Otsego, in the county of Allegan. From Allegan, in the county of Allegan, via the Holland Colony, to Grand Haven, in the county of Ottowa. Strike out all Florida, and insert the following: |
168 | FLORIDA. |
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From Tampa Bay to Manta river, in the county of Hillsborough. From Uckeranna, in Walton county, via Alaqua post office, to Milton, in Santa Rosa county. From Jasper, in the county of Hamilton, via Blount Ferry, Robinson Ferry, to Centre Village. From Marianna to Ochusee county, to intersect with the mail route from Apalachicola, to Chat- tahoochee. Strike out all Illinois, and insert the following: |
179 | ILLINOIS. |
180 | From Peru, via Troy Grove, Ovid, Dewey’s Mills, ^2-9-260-179^ |
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La Fayette Grove, Kelly’s Mills, Stillman and Kish- waukie, to Rockford. From Ottawa, via Norway, Newark, Long Grove, and Oswego, to Naperville. From Peru, via Como and Genesee Grove, to Mount Carroll. From Galesburg to Knoxville. From Wheeling, (Illinois,) via Long Grove, Gilmer, Forksville, McHenry, Ringwood, Geneva, Spring Prairie, East Troy, Elizabeth, and Waterville, to Summit, in Wisconsin. From Farmington, via Fairview, Ellisville, and Virgil, to Macomb. From Dixon, via Prophetstown, Portland, Sharon, Green river, and Camden, to Rock Island. From Belvidere, (Illinois,) via Roscoe, Force’s Bridge, Davis’s Mill, Rightsell’s Mill, and New Penn- sylvania, to Shullsburg, in Wisconsin. From Sycamore, via Coltonsville, South Grove Hicks’s Mill, Lindenwood, White Rock, Paine’s Point, Daysville and Oregon, to Mount Morris. From Wilmington, in Will county, via Mazon, to Pontiac, in Livingston county. |
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From Charleston, in Coles county, via Sullivan, in Moultrie, to Decatur, in Macon county. From Kinderhook, in Pike county, (Illinois,) to Hannibal, in Missouri. From Thompson’s Ferry, opposite Cape Girardeau, in Missouri, via Thebes, Santa Fe, and Smithland, to Cairo. From Peru, via Perkin’s Grove, Ovid, Palestine Grove, Inlet Grove, Lee Center, Franklin Grove, and Light House Point, to Daysville. From Southport, (Wisconsin,) via Pleasant Prairie, Knox Cross Corners, Liberty, and English Prairie, to Richmond, in Illinois. From Elizabeth, via Freeport, to Rock river. From Freeport, via Cedar Creek Mills and Oneco, (Illinois,) to Monroe and Madison, in Wisconsin. From Carrollton, in Green county, to Winchester, in Scott county. From Mount Morris, via Niles and Woodruff's Corners, Farewell's Ferry, and Rock Run, in Illinois, to Madison, in Wisconsin. From Waterloo, in Monroe county, via Red Bird, Evansville, and Ellis Grove, to Chester, in Randolph county. From Joliet, via Jackson Creek, Reed's Grove, |
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Wilmington, Rock Creek, Bulbonia, Mount Langun, Middleport and Millford, to La Fayette, in Indiana. From Wilmington, via Horse Creek, Yate's Farm, Limestone, Sammon's Farm, and Spring Creek to Mid- dleport. From Fairfield, in Wayne county, to Maysville, in Clay county. From Littlefort, via Wentworth, Angola, Antioch, English Prairie, Blevin’s Mills, Solon, Richmond, Alden, Cogswell, Bigfoot Prairie, Burton Corners, Wilmot, and Manley’s Prairie, to Beloit in Wisconsin. From Pittsfield, via Washington, New Canton, Cincinnati, Piketon, in Illinois, Rallsport, and Frank- ford, to New London, in Missouri. From Virginia, in Cass county, via Keeling Berry’s, and Otway B. Nance’s, to Petersburg, in Menard county. From Peru, via Selby, Princeton and Crandell’s Ferry, to Rock Island. From York, in Clark county, via Melrose, Mar- tinsville, and Salisbury, to Charleston, in Coles county. From Freeport, in Stephenson county, to Elizabeth, in Jo Davies county. From Mount Sterling, in Brown county, to New Liberty, in Highland county. |
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From Naples, in Morgan county, to Perry, in Pike county. From Jerseyville, via Otter Creek and Grafton, in Illinois, to St. Charles, in Missouri. From Mount Sterling, via Liberty and Richland, in Adams county, and Kinderhook, in Pike county, to Han- nibal, in Missouri. From Peru, via Troy, to Earlville. From Mount Carrol, via Pleasant Valley, to Howardsville. From Cass, via Flag creek and Lyons, to Chicago. From Dorr, in McHenry county, via Erin and High- land Prairie, to Geneva, in Walworth county, Wisconsin. From Dorr, via Hebron, to Richmond, in McHenry county. From Hickory Hill, in Marion county, to McLanes- borough, in Hamilton county. From Littlefort, via Gage’s Lake, Hainesville, Fork- ville, Lamar, and Merona, to Chrystal Lake, in McHenry county. From Mount Sterling, in Brown county, via Garvish Mill, to Griggsville, in Pike county. From Sycamore, via South Grove, Hicks’s Mills, Lindenwood, White Rock, Daysville, Oregon, Mount |
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Morris, Chamber’s Grove, and Mount Carroll, to Sa- vannah, on the Mississippi river. From Rockford, via Kishwaukie, Mouth of Still- man’s Creek, Daysville, Lee Centre, and Ovid, to Peru. From Charleston, via Springville and Perry Bra- shear’s, to Greenup, in Cumberland county. From Ewington, via Cochran’s Grove and Sulli- van, to Decatur. From Greenville to Alton. From Springfield, via Athens, New Market, Wal- ker’s Grove, Quiver, and Liverpool, to Canton, in Ful- ton county. From Springfield, via Mount Pulaski, Clinton, and Marian, to Mount Pleasant. From Dillon, in Tazewell county, via Mackinaw Point, K ^H^ittles Grove, and Mount Hope, to Waynesville, in De Witt county. From Rock Island, via Camden Mills, Orion, And- over, Red Oak Grove, Walnut Grove, Victoria, Roches- ter, Bimfield, and Kickapootown, to Peoria. From Blue Island, via Cooper’s Grove, Chelsea, Wallingford, and Bloomville, to Bulbonia. From Greenville, in Bond county, to Staunton, in Macoupin county. From Metropolis city to Jonesboro. |
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From Chicago, via Gross Point, La Pear, and Oak Hill, to Littlefort. From Middleport, via Worth, Quitman, and Butler, to Urbanna. From Dixon, via Wilson’s Mills, (south side of Elk- ham Grove,) Milledgeville, and Black Oak Grove, to Sa vannah. From Winslow, in Stephenson county, via Warren, to Millville, in Jo Davies’s county. From Dutchman’s Point, via Sherman, and Emmett, to Littlefort. From Cass, via Barber’s corners, Du Page, and Vermont settlement, to Oswego. |
316 | GEORGIA. |
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From Griffin to Newnan.
From Albany, in Baker county, to Thomasville, in Thomas county. From Barrington Ferry, in Mcintosh county, via Pendam's store, in Wayne county, and Alabaham creek, to Waresborough, in Ware county. From Carrolton, via Laurel Hill, to Franklin. From Carrolton to Van Wert. From Troupville, Georgia, via Clyattsville, to Co- lumbus, in Florida. |
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From Madison, via Monticello, Seven Islands, and Jackson, to Griffin. From Blairsville, Union county, to Mount Yonah, Habersham county. From Dalton, Georgia, to Benton, Tennessee. From Dalton, via Spring Place, Murray county, and Elijay, Gilmer county, to Dalonegha. From Rome, Floyd county, via Cave Spring, to Jacksonville, Alabama. From Griffin, Pike county, via English Mills, Fayette county, to Newnan, Coweta county. From Raysville, Columbia county, via JohnBently’s, to Lincolnton, Lincoln county. From Traveller’s Rest, Dooley county, to Florence, Stewart county. From Halcyondale, at the fifty mile station on the Central railroad, in Scriven county, to Reidsville, in Tattnall county. From Reidsville, in Telfair county, to the forty-five mile station on the Central railroad. From Buckeye post office, to Towersville, in Laurens county. From Anderson, in South Carolina, via Elberton, to Lexington, Oglethorpe county, Georgia. |
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ARKANSAS. |
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From Eldorado, in Union county, via Harper's, Fos- ter's Store, and James Dyer's, to Athens, the seat of jus- tice of Claiborne parish, in Louisiana. From Washington, via Johnson's Mills, Neal’s Springs, and Russey's, in Sevier county, Baker's Springs, and Mountain Fork Cove, in Polk county, to Dallas. From Chickalah to Hot Springs. Insert at Arkansas, after line 356, the following: From Lost Creek, via Hester’s Bridge, on Hurricane Creek, via H. Carr’s, to Pine Bluff, Jefferson county. From Chickalah Village, Yell county, via Matthias Harkey’s, via Jordan Thompson’s, to Morrison’s Bluff, in Johnson county. From Fayetteville, Arkansas, via Daniel Neal’s, via Henry Hastings, to Maysville, in Benton county. From Wilmington, Arkansas, via Carysville, to Marion, Louisiana. |
369 | LOUISIANA. |
370 371 372 373 374 375 |
From Hansonburgh, via Copenhagen, Thomas Meredith’s, James Williams’s, Vernon, Duydemonia, to Athens, seat of justice for the parish of Clairborne. From Nachitoches, via Saint Maurice, Cedar Creek, Salem Mills, John Lesle’s, Wyatt’s, and John T. Harris’s, in Monroe. |
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From Bellevieu, in Bossier parish, to Minden, in Claiborne. From Alexandria to Mount Lebanon. From Fort Jesup, via Toro, to Burr's Ferry. In lieu of amendments in the printed bill |
381 | KENTUCKY. |
382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 ^377^ |
From Mount Sterling, via the Beaver ponds on Red river, and the Estill Steam Furnace, to Irvine, in Estill county. From Grayson, in Carter county, via the precinct of Little Sandy and Daniel Horton's, to West Liberty, in Morgan county, and from thence, via Hazlegreen, to Jackson, in Breathitt county. From Williamstown, via Fort Lick, Meredith, Col- lins’s, and Logansville, to Leesburg. From Winchester, via Reuben Rucker’s, Walter Goude’s, and the mouth of Woodward’s creek, to Irvine. From Kiddville to Walter Goude’s. From Pleasureville to Owentown. From Poplar Plains, Fleming county, via Plum- mer’s Mills, John’s Mills and Triplett, to West Liberty, in Morgan county. From Thomas J. Dobbin’s store to Aar[ in Montgomery county. |
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TENNESSEE . |
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From Taylorsville, via Shady, Johnson county, to Paperville, in Sullivan county. From Somerville, via Dancyville, to Brownsville. From Thorn Hill, through the valley on the north side of Clinch mountain, via Martin Cleveland's and John Dobson’s, to Blain's cross road. From Kingston, via Bellefontaine^e^, Erie, and Ox- ford, to Athens. From Waynesboro’ to Florence, Alabama. From Elizabethtown, via Greenfield, Blountville, and Arcadia, to Kingsport. From Somerville, via Fayette Corner, and Estau- nald^a^, to Denmark. From Benton to Dalton, Georgia. From Jackson to Savanna, in Tennessee. |
416 | ALABAMA. |
417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 |
From Jasper to Springville. From Russellville to Buzzard Roost. From Huntsville to Montgomery, via Monter^v^allo, From Wetumpka, via Quitman, Chesnut creek, and Wascahatchey, to Columbiana. From Marion, via Dicken’s Mill, Brush Creek, Cen- terville, and Jericho, to Marion. From Moulton to Leighton. |
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From the town of Talladega to Broken Arrow, in the county of St. Clair. From Wetumpka, via Nixburg, Socapatoy and Pink- neyville, Goldville, Wedowell^e^, to Griffin, in the State of Georgia. From Blue Pond, in the county of Cherokee, to the city of Montgomery, Alabama, via Jacksonville and Tal- ladega. |
433 | MISSISSIPPI. |
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From Shieldsboro’, via Gainesville, Columbia, and Monticello, to Gallatin. From Boloxie, via Augusta and Ellisville, to Paulding. From Belfontaine, via Grenada, to Farmville. From Ripley, via Campbelltown, to Aberdeen. From Oxford, via College Hill, Lewellen’s Cross Roads, and Robinson's, to Memphis, Tennessee. From Panola to Coffeeville. From Raleigh, via Fayetteville, Coates's Mills, to Ellesville. From Williamsburg, via Ellisville, to Paulding. From Paulding, via Enterprise, to Daleville. From East Port to Fulton. From Hillsboro’ to Raleigh. |
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From Jackson, via Raymond, Cayuga, Rocky Springs, Port Gibson, and Fayette, to Natchez. From Paulding, via Leakesville, to Mobile, Alabama. From Leakesville, via Winchester, Miltonville, and Quitman, to Enterprise. From Woodville, via Sibley’s and Harvard Ferry, to Stephen Kenedy’s, (on the road from Natchez to Liberty.) From Vicksburg, via Warrenton, to Grand Gulf, by land. From Hopewell, via Big Creek and Jones’s Mills, to Coffeeville. From Salem, via J. H. Norton’s and William McLean’s, to Fenger’s Cross Roads. From Grenada to Greensboro’. From Grenada, via Belfontaine, to Fame. From Kosciusko, via Greensboro and Houston, to Pontotoc. From Greensboro, via Shi^o^ngalo, Middleton, and Carrollton, to Greenwood. From Aberdeen, via Athens, Quincy, Splunge, Grubb Springs, and Hamilton, to Aberdeen. From Macon to Prairie Point. From Charleston to Delta. From Delta to Bolivar. From Bolivar to McNutt. |
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From McNutt to Greenwood. From Charleston, via Tuscahoma and Smith’s Mills, to Carrollton. From Coffeville to Sarepta. From Holly Springs, via New Albany, to Fulton, in Ittawamba county. From Delta, via Husting’s Ferry, to Panola county. |
481 | MARYLAND. |
482 483 484 485 486 487 488 |
From Baltimore, via Cob^u^b Hill, Fork Meeting, t0 Bellair. From Princess Anne, via Kingston, to Jefferson Corner, in Somerset county. From Denton, Caroline county, via Greensborough, Bridgetown, Beaver Dams, Long March, to Sudlersville, in Queen Anne’s county. |
489 | VIRGINIA. |
490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 |
From Blacksburg, in the county of Montgomery, via Pepper's Ferry, in said county, to Newbern, in the county of Pulaski. From Martinsville, in the county of Henry, via Rough and Ready, Prunty's, Union Furnace, Elamsville, and Rock Castle, in the county of Patrick, to Floyd court-house. From Brooksville, in the county of Albemarle, via |
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Greenfield, Tye River Mills and Roseland, in the county of Nelson, to Rose Mills, in the county of Amherst. From Kingwood, in the county of Preston, West Union, in From New London, in Campbell county, via Wade’s, The Meadows, Halesford, and Taylor’s Store, to Rocky Mount, in the county of Franklin, and the turnpike road from the said town of New London to Rocky Mount, when completed, shall be, and the same is hereby de- clared to be, a post road, without regard to the interme- diate points herein named, if the same shall not be upon the line of the said road. From Rocky Mount, via Saunder’s Mill, Long Branch, and Canady’s Gap, to Floyd court-house. From Fincastle, in the county of Botetourte, to Covington, in the county of Alleghany. From Mechanicsburg, in Giles county, to Perry’s store, in the county of Tazewell. From Kenhawa to Logan court-house, along the main State road, via John G. Jones’s, near the mouth of Hewett’s creek, in the county of Boone. Insert at Virginia, after line 518, the following: From the town of Moorfield, in Hardy county, via the South Fork, of the South Branch of the Potomac river, to McDowell[ |
^From Christianburg in Montgomery County via the Foundry to Hillsville in Carroll County^
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From the town of Huntersville, in the county of Pocahontas, to Huttonsville, in the county of Randolph, via Martin’s Bottom, Stony Creek, Old Field Fork of Elk river, Big Spring, and Mingo Flats; thence to the Valley river, and down that river to Huttonsville. From Free Port, in Wood, at the mouth of Goose Creek, to Ritchie court-house. From Clintonville, in Greenbrier, via Nicholas court-house and Pocahontas, to Randolph court-house. |
532 | NORTH CAROLINA. |
533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 |
From Asheville, through Buncombe and Yancey counties, via Garrison’s, Gilbert’s, Bull Creek, Indian Gap, Double Springs, Gahu^a^gens, Big Laurel, (across the State line,) via Sulphur Springs, in Greene county, (Tennessee,) and Love’s, to Lime Stone Spring, in said county. From Lexington, via Fulton, Mocksville, County Line, and Oak Forest, to Statesville; and that the route from Salem to Statesville, be, and the same is hereby, dis- continued. From Elizabeth City, Pasquotau^a^nk county, to Nem- bijon ^Newbigon^ Creek, in same county. From Floral College, Robeson county toRussellville.^Randallsville^ From Lumba^e^erton to Elizabethtown. ^or Prospect Hill^ From Gravelly Hill, by Peter’s Creek, to Fayetteville. From Cedar Creek, in Greene county, Tennessee, |
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into North Carolina, via Allen’s Old Stand, Joseph Rives’s Mill, to Bald Mountain Creek post office, in Yancey county. From Daniel Carter’s, via J. N^W^. Anderson’s, on Gabriel’s Creek, in Yancey county, via Bull Creek, Wal- nut, and Brush Creek, to the Warm Springs. From Warrenton to Shore’s^Shocco^ Springs. |
555 | TEXAS. |
556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 563 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 |
From Sherman, via Coffee’s Bend, in Grayson county, to Fort Washita. From Green’s Bluff, on Sabine river, via Lawhon’s mills, to Bukeville, the county site of Newton county. From Lyon’s post office, (Louisiana,) via Green’s Bluff, to Sabine Pass. From Mooresville, in Bowie county, via Old Hick- ory, Clear Spring, and Gertrude post offices, to Jeffer- son in Cass county. From Henderson, via San Cosme, (Solomon Grigs- by’s), Lilly’s Mills, Rusk, and Murchison Prairie, to Crockett. From Woodville, via Sandy Bluff, to Beaumont. From Tyler, in Smith county, via the county site of of Van Zandt, (Grand Saline,) Bruten’s and Four Mile Prairie, to Buffalo. From Tyler, in Smith county, to Palestine. ^260-4-line 568^ |
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From San Augustine to Marion. From Springfield, the county seat of Limestone, to Falls of Brazos. From Houston, via E. Byren’s and F. Bingham’s, to Parker’s Point. From Goliad to Port Lavacca. From Milam, in Sabine county, via Housen Bayou, (Pace’s) to Bear Creek. Insert at Texas, after line 580, the following From Clarksville, via Tarrant and the county site of Kaufman, to Buffalo. From Warren to Coffee’s Bend. From Fort Washita to Fort Smith. From Henderson, via Bellevieu and Manchester, to the county site of Upshur. From Bonham, via Greenville, to the county site of Kaufman. From Paris, in Lamar county, to Pine Bluffs, in Red river county. From Henderson, via Pecantown and Sugar Hill, to Grand Bluffs, in Panola county. From Port Caddo, via Clinton, in Cass county, to Moore’s post office, in Bowie county. From Fulton, on Red river, via Moore’s Ferry, on |
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Sulphur Fork, William’s Bluff, and Clinton, in Cass county, to Jefferson. From Beaumont, via Village creek, Jefferson county, and Jonas Cravy’s, in Tyler county, to Town Bluff. From Nacogdoches to Ewingsville, in Angelina county. From Austin, via Cameron, to the Falls of Brazos, and the route from Springfield to Buffalo, shall be so changed as to pass through Tawackany Hills, and Cor- sicanna, the county site of Navarro. From Gonzales to Goliad. From Corsicanna, the county site of Navarro, via Porter’s Bluff, to Buffalo. From Hodges’s post office, in Fort Bend county, to Arnold’s post office, in Austin county, via Gasten’s, Wade’s, and Stephen Tippett’s. From Houston to Gonzales, via Richmond, Colum- bus, and Petersburgh. From Galveston to Columbia, via Virginia Point, Liverpool, Gustavus Bertrand’s, Parker’s Point, and Garen Hines. From Passo Cavallo to Corpus Christi, via Lamar, Copano, and Arransas Pass. |
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620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 |
From Lagrange to Goliad, via Chisholm’s Ferry. From Indian Point to Victoria. From San Antonio to Victoria, via Goliad. From Refugio to Lamar. From Columbia to Matagorda, via Brazoria, Cedar Lake, and Caney. From Lagrange to Texana, via Lyons, Peters- burgh, and Kerrs. From Houston, via Fanthorp’s to Springfield. From San Antonio to Laredo. From Austin, via Young’s settlement, to Caldwell. From Braunfel’s to Fredericksburgh. From Washington, via Fanthorp’s, to Huntsville. From San Felipe to Washington, via new county seat of Austin county. From Corpus Christi to county seat of Cameron county. From Corpus Christi to Rio Grande city. From Corpus Christi to Laredo. From the mouth of the Rio Grande to Laredo, by steamboat or land, via Rio Grande city. From Buffalo to Washington, via Fanthorp’s. From Cameron, in Milan county, to Crockett, via Nashville, Wheelock, Leona, and Alabama. |
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From Marshall, in Harrison county, via Hagans Ferry, in Upshur county, to Tyler, in Smith county. |
646 | MISSOURI. |
647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 |
From Alexandria, via St. Francisville, Wood’s Mills, Fox, Bloomfield, Drakesville, Princeton, and Knoxville, to Fort Des Moines, in Iowa. From Fredericktown, Madison county, via Dar^v^alt Bollinger’s, to Lowndes, Wayne county. From Brunswick, Chariton county, via Utica, to Gallatin. From Cassville, via Mount Pleasant, to Sarcoxie. From Brunswick, via Compton’s Ferry, to Chili- cothe. From Alexandria to Winchester. From Alexandria to Canton. From Oseola, via Quincy, to Hickory court-house. From Kirksville, via Lancaster, to Fort Des Moines, in Iowa. From Memphis to Keosaug^uq^ua, in Iowa. From Westport to Harrisonville. From Arrow Rock to Georgetown. ^From Fulton to Linn^ |
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⋄ From Fulton to Linn. From Round W^H^ill to Arator. From Buffalo, via St. Paul, to Forsyth. From Richmond, via Far West, Maysville, and Gentryville, to Athens. From Gallatin, via Marysville, to Saint Joseph. From Hartville to Waynesville. From Danville to Mexico.⋄ |
665 | IOWA. |
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From Mount Pleasant, via Deed’s Mill, Brighton and Oskaloosa, to Monroe City. |
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From Delhi, via Cascade and Green’s Ferry, to Galena, in Illinois. From Quasquete^0^n, via Independence, to Sturges’s Rapids, Black Hawk county. Insert at Iowa, after line 671, the following: From the Raccoon Forks of the Des Moines river to Council Bluff. From El Kader to Jacksonville. From Fort Madison, via West Point, Lowell, Mount Pleasant, Crawfordsville, and Iowa City, to Dubuque. From Tipton, via Pioneer Grove and Marion, to the county seat of Benton county. From Cedar Rapids, Linn county, via the county seat of Benton county, to the Falls of Cedar river, Black Hawk county. From Iowa City, via Wasson’s Mills, Washington county, Houston’s Point, Keokuck county, and Sigourney, to Lancaster. |
687 | WISCONSIN. |
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From Southport, via Pleasant Prairie and Franklin, to Antioch, in Illinois. From Southport, via Pleasant Prairie and Walker’s Prairie, to Richmond, in Illinois. |
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From Port Washington, via Salisbury Mills and Horricon, to Beaver Dam, Dodge county. From Geneva, via East Troy, Eagleville and Wa- terville, to Summitt. From Waupun, Fond du Lac county, via Ceresco, to Dartford. Insert at Wisconsin, after line 697, the following: From Darien, via Reed’s Corners, Richmond, and Utter’s Corners, to Whitewater. From Milwaukie, via Troy, Elkhorn, Delaware, Darien, Allen’s Grove, and Clinton, to Beloit. From Fond du Lac, via Humesville, to Plover Portage, on Wisconsin river. From Potosi to Bee^e^town. From Summitt, via Oc[o]nomewoc, Neosho, and Maysville, to Fond du Lac. From Janesville, via Stone’s Bridge, Fulton, and Dunkirk, to Madison. From Port Washington to Fond du Lac. From Sheboygan, via Maysville and Henricon, to the county seat of Dodge county. From Watertown, Jefferson county, via Waupun, Ceresco, Berlin, and Plover Portage, to Stevens’s Point, in Portage county. |
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From Florence, Onedia county, New York, to Os- ceola, Lewis county. From Geneva, Ontario county, New York, via Gor- ham, Rushville and Naples, to Dansville, in Livingston county. From Fosterdale, Sullivan county, New York, via Callikoon village and Round Pond, to Rockland, in said county. From Greenville, Green county, New York, via Norton Hill, to Oak Hill. From Gilboa, Schoharie county, New York, via Jef- ferson and North Harpersfield, to Davenport, Delaware county. From Chateaugay, Franklin county, New York, to the Canada line, adjoining the north part of the town of Clinton. From Alden, Erie county, New York, to Millgrove, in said county, near the residence of Moses Case. From Williamstown, Oswego county, New York, to Amboy Corners, in said county. From Rome, Onedia county, New York, to Vernon Centre, in said county. From Augusta, Onedia county, New York, to Madi- son, in the county of Madison. |
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From Copenhagen, Lewis county, New York, via Boynton’s corners, Worthville, and Jacksonville, to Lor- rai^i^ne, in Jefferson county. From Jefferson, Schoharie county, New York, to Byrneville, in said county. From Elmira, Chemung county, New York, via East Veteran and West Cayuta, to Ithaca, Tompkins county. From Lafargeville, Jefferson county, New York, via Shantyville, Parker Settlement, Theresa, Ox Bow, and Caledonia, to Governeur, St. Lawrence county. From Malone, Franklin county, New York, to Fort Covington, same county. |
754 | NEW JERSEY. |
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From Columbia, in the township of Knowlton, New Jersey, along the Delaware river, to Flat Brook- ville, in Sussex county. ^33-5-260^ From Germantown, via Unionville, to Ger- man valley. From Key Port, New Jersey, to Squankum. From Tuckahoe, via lower bridge on Cedar creek Seaville, Townsend’s inlet, to Cape May court-house. From Cranbury, to South Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jersey. From Philadelphia to Mount Carmel, New Jersey. |
^From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania via Camden, New Jersey, Ellesburg, Fellowship and
Green Tree, to Mount Laurel Burlington county, New Jersey^
766 | SOUTH CAROLINA. |
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From Anderson, via Seneca, Centerville, Steel’s, Churubusco, Milwees, and back to Anderson. From Willow Grove, by Sheto Rusk’s Mills, Beth- lehem, and Taylorsville, to Willow Grove, being a circuit of thirty-four and a half miles. |
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⋄Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the above routes shall go into operation on the first day ofOctober nextor sooner, should the funds of the department justify the same: Provided, That as soon as a responsible contractor shall offer to transport the mails over any por- tion of the routes included in this bill, the Postmaster General shall have the power forthwith to put them under contract.⋄ |
Printed Document, 35 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB