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Thirtieth Congress,
FirstSession,
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By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.
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established in the States and Territories, as hereafter expressed, viz:
in Maine IntentMaine.
From Farmington, via East Strong, New Vineyard, and New
Portland, to Kingsfield.
From Stoneham, via East Stoneham, to North Waterford.
From Bangor, in the county of Penobscot ^via East Hermon^ South Levant, Exeter, Garland
Centre, East Sangerville, Guilford Centre, to Monson, in the county
of Piscataquis.
Vermont.
From Northumberland, New Hampshire, to East Burke, Vermont, via Guildhall, Granby, and Victory.
From West Townsend, Vermont, to Windham Centre.
From Cambridge, Lamoille county, Vermont, via Fletcher, to Bakersfield.
Pennsylvania.
From Sharon, Potter county, Pennsylvania, via McKay’s grist mill, through the valley of the Honeyoye creek, to Wellsville, in the State of New York.
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^27^From Norristown, Montgomery county, to Allentown, Lehigh county, via Jeffersonville, Perkiomen bridge, Schwenke’s store, Frederick, Colebrookdale, and Emaus.
From Pottsville, Schuylkill county, to Millersburg, on the Susquehanna, via Llewellyn, Tremont, Beaumont, Wiconisco and Elizabethville.
From Stroudsburg, Monroe county, to East Sterling, 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, at Titusville, Crawford county, to Columbus, Warren county, via Rome, Eldred and Spring creek townships.
From Trexlertown, Lehigh county, to Hereford, via Millerstown.
From Worcester, Montgomery county, to Centre Square.
From Jonestown, Lebanon county, to Rehrersburg, Berks county.
From borough of Clarion, Clarion county, to borough 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 West Philadelphia, via Kellysville, Lobb’s Store, Springfield, Rose Tree, and Bishop’s Works, to Howelsville, Delaware County.
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From Sunneytown, Montgomery county, via Spinnerstown, to Emaus, Lehigh county.
From Emlentown, 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 Kern’s Mills.
From Norristown, via Jeffersonville, Shannonville, and Lumberville, in the county of Montgomery, to Phoenixville, in the county of Chester.
From Avondale, Chester county, Pennsylvania, to Stannton, Newcastle county, Delaware.
From Gap post office, Lancaster county, via Hat and Intercourse, to New Holland.
From West Penn, Schuylkill county, to Lehighton, Carbon county.
From Smith’s ferry, Beaver county, via Ohioville, to Darlington.
From Dunningsville, Washington county, via Vanceville, to Hillsborough.
From Pittsburg, via Breakneck, Whitestown, and Prospect, to Brownington.
From Williamsport, Lycoming county, via Loyalsock
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From Sabina ^in Cinton county, Ohio, via Quinn’s Mill, and Centerville, to Highland
P. O. in Highland county^
From Georgetown, via New Hope, Benton and
Greenbush to Fayetteville.
From Wilmington, via ^Morrisville,^ Martinsville, Lynchburgh,
Dodsonsville, ^Princeton^ Buford and New Hope, to Georgetown.
From Defiance, via Brunersburg and Hicksville,
to Panama.
From Tiffin, via Van Buren and Independence,
to Defiance.
From Warren, via Hudson, to Brunswick.
From Lower Sandusky to Port Clinton.
From Hagarstown to Eaton.
From Jackson court-house, via Jackson Furnace,
to Portsmouth.
From Waterville to Bryan.
From Waterford, via Watertown, to Barlow.
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Whitehall, in the county of Owen, and Stanford, in the coun-
ty of Monroe, to Springville, in Lawrence county.
From Tipton, in Tipton county, via West Kinderhook,
to Strawtown, in Hamilton county.
From Salem, in Washington county, via Leesville,
in Lawrence county, to Bloomington, in Monroe county.
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^110^ 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, Bannersburgh, to Defiance, in the State of Ohio.
From Leesburg to Wolf Lake.
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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 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 Cynthiana, in Posey county.
From Metea or Fulton, in Fulton county, via Perrysburg, Niconza, Laketon, North Manchester, Liberty Mills, South Whitely, to Whitely.
From Washington, in Davis county, via Fayetteville in Lawrence county, to Bedford in said county.
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Michigan.
From Michigan ^Lansing^, 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 ^Lansing^, in the county of Ingham, via Bellvue and Charlotte, in the county of Eaton.
From Marshall, via Olivet and Charlotte, to Michigan ^Lansing^, the capital of the State.
From Hastings, in the county of Barry, to Vermontville; thence through Wheaton’s Settlement, in the town of Chester; thence to Hovey’s Settlement, in the town of Benton; and thence to Michigan ^Lansing^, the seat of government.
From Marshall, via Eaton Rapids, to Michigan ^Lansing^, 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.
From Brooklyn, in the county of Jackson, to Grass Lake, in the county aforesaid.
From Dexter, via Pinckney, to Howell.
From Dexter to Michigan ^Lansing^, 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,
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From Allegan in the county of Allegan, via the
Holland Colony, to Grand Haven, in the county of
Ottowa.
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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 inter-
sect with the mail route from Apalachicola, to Chat-
tahoochee.
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Illinois
From Peru, via Troy Grove, Ovid, Dewey’s Mills, La Fayette Grove, Kelly’s Mills, Stillman, and Kishwaukie, 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 Mills, Rightsell’s Mill, and New Pennsylvania, to Shullsburg, in Wisconsin.
From Sycamore, via Coltonsville, South Grove, Hick’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.
From Charleston, in Coles county, via Sullivan, in Moultrie, to Decatur, in Macon county.
From Thompson’s Ferry, opposite Cape Girardeau, in Missouri, via Thebes, Santa Fe, and Smithland, to Cairo.
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From Peru, via Perkin’s Grove, Ovid, Palestine Grove, Inlet Grove, Lee Centre, 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 Juliet, via Jackson Creek, Reed's Grove, Wilmington, Rock Creek, Bulbonia, Mount Langun, Middleport and Millford, to La Fayette, in Indiana.
From Wilmington, via Horse Creek, Yate's Farm, Limeston, Sammon's Farm, and Spring Creek to Middleport.
From Fairfield, in Wayne county, to Mayville, 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 Frankford, to New London, in Missouri
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Otway B. Nance’s, to Petersburg, in Menar county.
From Peru, via Selby, Princeton and Crandell’s Ferry, to
Rock Island.
From York, in Clarke county, via Melrose, Martinsville,
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.
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 Hannibal in Missouri.
From Peru, via Troy ^Grove^, to Earlville.
From Mount Carroll, via Pleasant Valley, to Howardsville.
From Cass, via Flag Creek and Lyons, to Chicago.
From Dorr, in McHenry county, via Erin and Highland Prairie, to
Geneva, in Walworth county, Wisconsin.
From Dorr, via ^Hope & Boone’s mills^ Hebron, to Richmond, in McHenry county.
From Hickory Hill, in Marion county, to McLanesborough, in Hamilton county.
From Littlefort, via Gage’s Lake, Hainesville, Forkville, 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 Morris, Chambers Grove, and Mount Carroll, to Savannah, on the Mississippi river.
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Lee Centre, and Ovid, to Peru.
From Charleston, via Springfield and Perry Brashear’s, to Greenup, in
Cumberland county.
From Ewington, via Cochran’s Grove, and Sullivan, to Decatur.
From Greenville to Alton.
From Springfield, via Athens, New Market, Walker’s Grove, Quiver, and
Liverpool, to Canton, in Fulton county.
From Springfield, via Mount Pulaski, Clinton, and Marian, to Mount Pleasant.
From Dillon, in Tazewell county, via Mackinaw Point, Hittles Grove,
and Mount Hope, to Waynesville, in De Witt county.
From Rock Island, via Camden Mills, Orion, And-over, Red Oak Grove, Wal-
nut Grove, Victoria, Rochester, 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 to Jonesboro.
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 Elkham Grove,) Mill-
edgeville, and Black Oak Grove, to Savannah.
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.
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Georgia.
From Griffin to Newman.
From Albany in Baker county to Thomasville in Thomas county.
From Barrington Ferry in McIntosh county viaPendam's ^Pendarris’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 Columbus in Florida.
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 John Bentley’s, to Lincolnton, Lincoln county.
From Traveller’s Rest, Dooly county, to Florence, Stewart county.
From Halcyondale, at the fifty mile station on the Central Railroad, in Scriven county, to Reidsville
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From Reidsville in Telfair ^Tattnall^ 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.
From Pendleton S. C. via Pulliams Ferry, Kings Bench, Bowersville, Franklin Springs,
Madison Springs, to Athens, Ga.
From Athens, via Gillsville to Clarksville.
From Athens via Dallas, Providence to Carnesville.
From Gainesville to Argo.
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Foster's store, and James Dyer's, to Athens, the seat of
justice 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.
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 Thompsons, to Morrison’s Bluff
in Johnson county.
From Fayetteville, Arkansas, via Daniel Neal’s via
Henry Hastings’, to Maysville, Benton county.
From Wilmington, Ark. via Carysville, to Marion, Louisiana.
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dith's, James William's, Vernon, Duydemonia, to Athens,
seat of justice for the parish of Claiborne.
From Nachitoches, via Saint Maurice, Cedar Creek,
Salem Mills, John Lesle's, Wyatt's, and John T. Harris's,
in Monroe.
From Bellevieu, in Bossier parish, to Minden
in Claiborne.
From Alexandria to Mount Lebanon.
From Fort Jessup, via Toro, to Burr's Ferry.
Kentucky.
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, Collins’, and Logansville, to Leesburgh.
From Winchester, via Reuben Rucker’s, Walter Goude’s, and the mouth of Woodward’s Creek to Irvine.
From Kiddville to Walter Goude’s.
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From Poplar Plains, Fleming county, via Plummer’s
Mills, John’s Mills and Triplett, to West Liberty in
Morgan county.
From Thomas J. Dobbin’s store to Aaron’s run,
both in Montgomery county.
Tennessee.
From Taylorsville, via Shady, Johnson county, to Paperville, in Sullivanville county.
From Somerville, via Dancyville, to Brownsville.
From Thornhill, through the valley on the north side of Clinch Mountain, via Martin Cleveland's and John Dobson’s, to Blain's cross roads.
From Kingston via Bellefont, Erie and Oxford, to Athens.
From Waynesboro’ to Florence, Alabama.
From Elizabethton2 via Greenfield, Blountville, and Arcadia, to Kingsport.
From Somerville, via Fayette Corner and Estanaula to Denmark.
From Benton to Dalton, Georgia.
From Jackson to Savannah in Tennessee.
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From Russellville to Buzzard Roost.
From Huntsville to Montgomery, via Montevallo.
From Wetumpka, via Quitman, Chesnut creek, and Was-
cahatchey, to Columbiana.
From Marion, via Dicken’s Mill, Brush Creek, Center-
ville, and Jericho, to Marion.
From Moulton to Leighton.
From the town of Talladega, to Broken Arrow, in the
county of St Clair.
From Wetumpka, via Nixburg, Socapotoy, Pink-
neyville, Goldville, Wedowee, 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.
Mississippi.
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.
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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. 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’s 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 I. 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 Shongalo, Middleton, and Carrollton, to Greenwood.
From Aberdeen, via Athens, Quincy, Splunge, Grubb Springs, and Hamilton, to Aberdeen.
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From Charleston to Delta.
From Delta to Bolivar.
From Bolivar to McNutt.
From McNutt to Greenwood.
From Charleston, via Tuscahoma, and Smith’s Mills,
to Carrollton.
From Coffeeville to Sarepta.
From Holly Springs, via New Albany, to Fulton,
in Ittawamba county.
From Delta, via Husting’s Ferry,
to Panola county.
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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.
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^486^Virginia.
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 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 to West Union
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 declared to be, a post road, without regard to the intermediate 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
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Hewett’s creek, in the county of Boone.
From the town of Moorfield, in Hardy county, via
the south fork, of the South Branch of the Potomac river,
to McDowel post office, in the county of Highland.
From Christianburg, in Montgomery county, via
the Foundery, to Hillsville, in Carroll county.
From the town of Huntersville, in the county of Poca-
hontas, 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.
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counties, via Garrison’s, Gilbert’s, Bull Creek, Indian Gap,
Double Springs, Gahagens, 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 discontinued.
From Elizabeth City, Pasquotank county, to New-
bigon Creek, in same county.
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From Lumberton to Elizabethtown, or Prospect Hill.
From Gravelly Hill, by Peter’s Creek, to Fayetteville.
From Cedar Creek, in Greene county, Tennessee, 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. W. Anderson’s on Gabriel’s
Creek, in Yancey county, via Bull Creek, Walnut, and
Brush Creek, to the Warm Springs.
From Warrenton to Shocco Springs.
Texas.
From Sherman, via Coffee’s Bend, in Grayson county, to Fort Washita.
From Green’s Bluff, on Saline river, via Lawhon’s mills, to Burkeville, 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 Hickory, Clear Spring, and Gertrude post offices, to Jefferson, in Cass county.
From Henderson, via San Cosme, (Solomon Grigsby’s), Lilly’s Mills, Rusk, and Murchison Prairie, to Crockett.
From Woodville, via Sandy Bluff, to Beaumont.
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From Tyler in Smith county, via the county site of Van [Tandt?], (Grand Saline) Bruten’s, and Four Mile Prairie, to Buffalo.
From Tyler in Smith county, to Palestine.
From San Augustine to Marion.
From Springfield, the county seat of Limestone, to the 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.
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 postoffice in Bowie county.
From Fulton, on Red river, via Moore’s Ferry, on Sul-
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phur 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 Corsicanna, 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 Postoffice, in Fort Bend county, to Arnold’s postoffice in Austin county, via Gasten’s, Wade’s, and Stephen Tippetts.
From Houston to Gonzales, via Richmond, Columbus, and Petersburgh.
From Galveston to Columbia, via Virginia Point, and Garen Hines’.
From Passo Cavallo to Corpus Christi, via Lamar, Capano and Aransas Pass.
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.
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19 		From Lagrange to Texana, via Lyons, Petersburgh and Kerr’s.
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 Loredo.
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.
From Marshall, in Harrison county, via Ha-
gan’s Ferry, in Upshur county, to Tyler, in Smith county.
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1 Missouri.
2
3
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19
20 		From Alexandria, via St Francisville, Wood’s Mills, Fox, Bloom-
field, Drakesville, Princeton, and Knoxville, to Fort Des Moines, in
Iowa.
From Fredericktown, Madison county, via Davalt 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 Chilicothe.
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 Keosauqua, in Iowa. From Westport to Harrisonville.
From Arrow Rock to Georgetown. From Fulton to Lima.
From Round Hill to Arator. From Buffalo, via St Paul, to Forsythe.
From Richmond, via Far West, Maysville, and Gentryville, to Athens.
From Gallatin, via Marysville, to St Joseph.
From Hartsville to Waynesville.
From Danville to Mexico.
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20
21 		From Mount Pleasant, via Deed’s Mill, Brigh-
ton and Oskaloosa, to Monroe City.
From Delhi, via Cascade and Green’s Ferry, to
Galena, in Illinois.
From Quasqueton, via Independence, to Sturges’s
Rapids, Black Hawk county.
From Racoon 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.
Wisconsin.
From Southport via Pleasant Prairie and Franklin, to Antioch, in Illinois.
From Southport, via Pleasant Prairie and Walkers 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 Waterville, to Summitt.
From Waupun, Fond du Lac county, via Ceresco, to Dartford.
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 Beetown.
From Summitt, via Oconomewoc, 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 Steven’s Point, in Portage county.
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New York.
From Florence, Onedia county, New-York, to Osceola, Lewis county.
From Geneva, Ontario county, New York, via Gorham, 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 Jefferson 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 Madison, in the county of Madison.
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19 		From Copenhagen, Lewis county,
New York, via Boynton’s corners, Worth-
ville, and Jacksonville, to Lorraine, in
Jefferson county.
From Jefferson, Schoharie county,
New York, to Bryneville, 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 Settle-
ment, Theresa, Ox Bow and Caledonia
to Governeur, St Lawrence county.
From Malone, Franklin county,
New York, to Fort Covington, same county.
From Heuvelton, St Lawrence county, New York, by way
of Depeyster, on the present route, to Depeyster post office;
thence by the road through the town of [...?] Macomb, by the way
of Popes Hills to Rossie, in the said county of St Lawrence.
New Jersey.
From Columbia, in the township of Knowlton, New Jersey, along the Delaware river, to Flat Brookville, in Sussex county.
From Vincent-town, via Lumberton, Bridgeborough to Philadelphia
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12 		From New 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, Pennsylvania, via Cam-
den, New Jersey, Ellesburgh, Fellowship and
Green Tree, to Mount Laurel, Burlington county,
New Jersey.
13 South Carolina.
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4 		From Anderson, via Seneca, Centerville, Steels,
Churubusco, Milwers, 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.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, ^(^That ^ [?] & [?] Niles*^
the above routes shall go into operation on the
first day of October next or sooner, should
the funds of the department justify the same:^)^
Provided, That as soon as a responsible con-
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4 		tractor shall offer to transport the mails over
any portion of the routes included in this
bill, the Post Master General shall have the
power forthwith to put them under contract:
Provided, That nothing in this Act contained, shall be so construed as to express any opinion as to the true boundary of any State or Territory named therein.
[ certification ]
07/19/1848
Passed the House of Representatives
July 19th 1848.
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk.
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[ docketing ]
H. R . 599.
An Act To establish certain postroutes.
[ docketing ]
Special order for [?] 5 Oclock P. M. Augt 9.
[ certification ]
08/11/1848
In the Senate of the U. St[ates]
August 11, 184[8]
Resolved, That this Bill pass, with amendments.
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary
[ docketing ]
Augt 10: [comp.?] amended-& ppd to [?]
[ docketing ]
Aug 13. Robinson.
[ docketing ]
[?]
[ docketing ]
to be put to the Committee [?]
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In Senate of the United States,
August 11th 18483.
Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Actto establish certain post routes” do pass, with the following amendmen
Amendments:
^1^Page 1. After line 12, (in Maine) insert:
From Bucksport village, in Hancock County, via Duck Cove settlement, passing the dwellings of Samuel Harriman and Joab Harriman and thence through the Long Pond settlement and Dedham to ^Entd ^George’s Corner in Penobscot County.
From Augusta via South China, North Palermo, Freedom, Knox, Brooks, Monroe, North part of Frankfort, Carlton's Corner and Hampden to Bangor.
From Mexico to Byron through Roxbury in Oxford County; and terminating the route from Wilton to Andover, at Weld.
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^2^ Page 4. After line 1 (in Pennsylvania) insert:
From Greensborough to J. E. Taylor’s store and thence to intersect the old route at Whitely Post Office in Greene County.
From Providence Post Office via John Cobbs, Hollistersville, Hamlinton Post Office and Pawpeck, ^Entd ^to Tufton.
From New London Cross Roads in Chester County, via Oxford, to Hopewell Cotton works, in the same county, eight miles.
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(in Ohio)
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pa" ge" Line 9, after “Dodsonville,” insert Princetown.
pa" ge" After line 20, insert:
From Jacksonville in Dark County by^2^Houston’s cross roads & Cranberry prairie to Coldwater or Montezuma in Mercer County.
^Entd^From Chickasaw in Mercer County to ^1*^Cranberry prairie in Darke County.
From Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio, ^3^by the way of Morning Sun in Preble County, to Richmond in Indiana.
From Ithica in Darke County to New ^4^Castine in the same county.
From Xenia in Greene County by way of ^5^Byron to Fairfield in the same county.
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^6^ Page 4 after line 28. (in Indiana) insert:
From Jasper, in Dubois county to Troy in Perry county.
From Evansville in the State of Indiana via Albion and Fairfield to Salem in the State of Illinois.
^Entd^ From Warsaw in Gallatin County to New Liberty by the way of Glencoe and Poplar Grove in the State of Kentucky.
From Ponoma in the state of Ohio to Denmark up the St. Joseph, river, to Hamilton in the county ofSteubenin Indiana to Coldwater Michigan via Biddles corner in Troy township in De Kalb county.
From Brownstown in Jackson county Indiana to David Bowmans in Creek township to Nashville in Brown County.
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^7^ Page 7. After line 4, (in Michigan) insert:
From Pontiac, in Oakland county, via Campbell’s corners, to Farmers’ creek, in Lapeer county.
From Brighton, Livingston county, ^Entd^ via Hartland and Tyrone to Fentonville in Genessee county.
From Lansing the Capital of the State, in Ingham county, to Byron in Shiawassee county
From Howell, Livingston county via Josco and Whiteoak to Ingham, Ingham county.
From Bronson in the county of Branch via Gilead to the township of Noble in the same county.
From Ada in the county of Kent via Smyrna and Otisco to Greenville in the county of Montcalm.
^8^ Under the head of “Michigan” strike out the word “Michigan” whenever it occurs as the name of a town, and insert the word “Lansing.”
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^9^ Page 7. Line 7. Strike out all after “Florida,” to the end of line 16, and insert:
^Entd^ From Milton, Santa Rosa County via Escambia county and Nathansville to Sparta Alabama.
From Milton, via Alaqua and Ucheeanna to Marrianna Jackson County.
From Alaqua to Geneva, Alabama.
From Marrianna to Ocheesee Calhoun County to intersect the route from Apalachicola to Chattahooche.
From Tallahassee via Ben Haden and Shell Point to Sopchoppy.
From Tallahassee via Centreville to Miccosakee.
From St Marks via Newport Wacissa, and Marion to Monticello Jefferson County
From Quincy via Rocky Comfort to Reform in Gadsen County.
From Quincy to Secludo, Gadsen county.
From Jasper in the county of Hamilton via Blounts ferry and Rawlersons’ ferry to centre village
From Pilatha to Newnansville
From Alligator to Oleestee.
From Alligator via Ocean Pond,
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Barbers and Brandy Branch to Jacksonville Duval county.
From Columbus Florida to Troupville Georgia.
From Newnansville via Wacassa to Cedar Keys in Levy County.
From Newnansville via Madisonborough to Orange Springs.
From Micanopy via Fort Clark to Fort Harlee.
From Jacksonville Florida via Haddocks, Kirklands and Nassau Court House to St Mary’s Georgia.
From Nassau Court House to Fernandina.
From Jacksonville, via Mandarin, Black Creek, Picolati, Pilalki, Volusia, Fort Butler, Enterprize and Mellonville to Head waters of St Johns river by water, and from thence by land via Indian river, Palos, San Lucia, and Jupiter to Miami Dade County.
From Pensacola by sea via St Andrews and St Joseph to Apalachicola; from Apalachicola by sea via St Marks, and Cedar Keys to Tampa; and from Tampa by sea via Sarasota and Charlotte Harbor to Key West, in Steamers.
From Tampa via Manatee to Sarasota.
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From Tampa via Hitchepucksassa & Fort Gatlin4 to Mellonsville
From Key West by sea via Indian Key, Key Largo, Miami, Jupiter, San Lucie Indian river and Smyrna to St Augustine; in Steamers.
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^11^ Page 11. After line 25 (In Illinois) insert:
From Mt Carmel via Round Prairie Spencer’s Mill and Fairview to Olney.
^Entd^ From Cairo City via Thebes to Cape Girardeau in Missouri.
From Lebanon in St Clair County via Marine Town and Staunton to Carlinville in Macoupin county.
From Waterloo by Red Bud and La Fayette to Sparta in Randolph county.
From Shelbyville by Audubon Hillsboro, and Mt. Kingston in Montgomery county, by Staunton, Bunkerhill and Woodburn in Macoupin county to the city of Alton.
From Dresden via Ohio Farm and Lisbon to Newark.
From Dundee via Prospect, O’Connell and Jackson Precinct to Marengo.
From Aurora via Royalton and Kaneville to Sycamore.
From Dundee, via Algonquin, Chrystal Lake, McHenry, Ringwood, Solon and Richmond, in Illinois, to Geneva in Wisconsin.
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[E]ntd 13 		Page 10. Line 16. After “Troy” insert Grove
pa" ge" Line 21. After “via”, insert Hope and Boone’s Mills
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^14^ Page 13. After line 28, (in Arkansas) insert:
From Camden to Arkadelphia.
From Mount Ida, via Dallas, to ^Entd^Ultima Thule.
From Lost Creek Post Office to Pine Bluff in Jefferson County, to connect with route from Benton Saline County to Lost Creek.
From Lewisville, Lafayette County to Minden, in Claiborne Parish Louisiana.
From Arkadelphia to Clingmans, Arkansas.
From Helena in Arkansas, to Panola in Panola county, Mississippi, via Askews Bluffs, once a week.
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^15^ Page 14. After line 11 (in Louisiana) insert:
From New River post Office on the east bank of the Mississippi river to Galveston ^Entd^in said State.
From Winsborough in the Parish of Franklin to Monroe in the parish of Ouachita.
From Natchitoches, along the bank of Red river, to Shreveport.
From Plaquemine to Johnson’s store on the Bayou Gross tate, by the way of point Coupee, in Louisiana
From Harrisonburg through what is called the Fernebree & Riser settlements to Columbia.
From Columbia by Thomas Meredith’s, Andersons & Perkins in Jenkins Settlement to Vernon.
From Vernon by Indian Village and Coons to Monroe.
^16.^ Page 15. After line 6, (in Kentucky) insert:
^Entd^ From Jackson, in Breathitt County, to ^Entd^ Crockettsville, on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky river, in the same county.
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^25^ Page 36 ^16^. After line 16 (in Alabama) insert:
From Wilderness post Office, via Carleton’s store, to Mott’s post Office.
^Entd^From Troy in Pike County, Alabama, via Wellborne or Indigo Head to Geneva in said State.
From Benton, in Lowndes County, Alabama, via Joseph Walker’s to Warrenton in Dallas County.
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^17^ Page 18, After line 12 (in Mississippi) insert:
From Herbert’s post Office to Quitman in said said State.
From Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, via Warrenton, Willow Springs, Port Gibson, Oakland ^Entd^ College, Rodney and Church Hill, to Natchez, Mississippi, eighty-five miles.
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^10^ Page 19. After line 9 ( in Maryland) insert:
From Ellicott’s Mills to Rockville, ^Entd^ Montgomery County, via Clarksville and Sandy Spring
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^18^ Page 21. After line 16 ( in Virginia) insert:
From Gravel Spring to Woodstock
^Entd^ From Alexandria, via Dranesville, to Leesburg.
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^19^Page 21, After line 27 ( in North Carolina) insert:
From Lexington, by Fair Grove, Johnson’s, Hoover’s and Sawyers gold mines to Ashboro’, North Carolina.
^Entd^ From Littleton in Halifax County to Ransoms bridge in Franklin County.
^20^ Page 25. After line 195 (in Texas) insert:
From Rusk, Cherokee County, to ^Entd^ [Lockrangie?].
From Galveston, via New Boston to Sour Lake in Jefferson County
^21^ Page 26. After line 20. (in Missouri) insert.
^Entd^ From Sand Hill in Scotland County to Kenksville in Adams County.
Page 17 after line 27 (In Iowa)
( in Wisconsin) insert:
^22^For a mail route from Prairie Du Chien, in Wisconsin, via Round Prairie, Graham’s Mills, the Falls of ^Entd^ Black River, the mouth of Allear River, the Middle Mills on the Menominee River, the mouth of Willow River and Osceola to the Falls of St. Croix.
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^23^ Page 30. After line 19 ( in New York) insert:
From Lockport, via Tonewanda Rapids to Clarence.
^Entd^ From Elizabethtown, Essex county, New York, via Keene P. O. and Osgoods Harriets town, St. Armands, to Merrillsville Post Office in Franklin county New York.
From Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York, to Dickinson by way of Moira in the same county.
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^24^ Page 316, After line 18 ( in South Carolina) insert:
From Barnwell Court house to King’s Creek.
^Entd^ From Columbia, South Carolina, via MaybintonUnionville, Spartanburg Court house to Rutherfordton North Carolina, three times a week.
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^26^ 1
2
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^Entd^
4
5 		Sec. 2. Strike out all after the enacting clause to the end of the
fourth line thereof, and insert: “That the aforesaid routes shall be
advertised for contracts, for the service thereon at the ^concur^
[...?]

next general letting^in the year 1849^, and the service to commence as
soon thereafter as practicable.
Add the following sections:
^27^ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the ^S recede^ Postmaster General may, if in his opinion required for the public service, make a suitable allowance as to the postmaster at Picolata, Florida, ^don’t concur.^ for services as a distributing agent, not to exceed two hundred dollars per annum.
^28^ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Post Master General be, and he is hereby, authorized ^Entd^to establish Post Offices and appoint deputy postmasters ^concur^ at San Diego, Monterey and San Francisco and such other places on the coast of the Pacific in California, within the territory of the United States, and to make such temporary arrangements for the transportation of the mail in said territory as the public interest may require; that all letters conveyed to or from any of the above mentioned places on the Pacific from or to any place on the Atlantic coast shall be charged with forty cents postage; that all letters conveyed from one to any other of the said places on the Pacific shall pay twelve and a half cents postage; and the Postmaster General is authorized to to apply any moneys received on account of postages aforesaid to the payments to be made on the contract for the transportation of the mails in the Pacific Ocean. And the Postmaster General is
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further authorized to employ not exceeding two agents in making arrangements for the establishment of post offices and for the transmission, receipt and conveyance of letters in Oregon and California at an annual compensation not exceeding that of the principal clerks in the Post Office Department.
^29^ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That ^S recede^ a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars be and is hereby, appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States in payment for the services and expenses of such persons as have been engaged by the provisional government of Oregon, in ^Don’t concur.^ conveying communications to and from the United States, and the purchase of presents for such of the Indian tribes as the peace and quietude of the country requires.
^30^ Section 6. And be it further enacted, ^S recede^ That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of three thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars and eleven cents to Thomas Rhodes, in full satisfaction for the expenses incurred by ^Don’t concur.^ him in opening and constructing a road from Mobile, in Alabama, to Pascagoula bay, for the transportation of the mail in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-eight in pursuance of an implied authority and contract from the Postmaster General.
^31^ Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the ^S recede^ ^Disagreed to^Postmaster General pay to John T. Sullivan out of
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the unexpended money appropriated by the act of the twenty-ninth August one thousand eight hundred and forty two, entitled “an act to provide for the publication of the Laws and Regulations of the Post Office Department” fourteen hundred and sixty seven dollars seventy five cents for folding cutting stitching and quarter binding with muslin backs seventeen thousand five hundred copies of “Law and instructions to Postmasters” also for storage on the same for three years and for printing envelopes and covering fifteen thousand three hundred copies of the same.
^32^ Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the ^S recede^ Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department credit the account of John Lorimer Graham, late ^Disagree^ postmaster in the city of New York, with a sum equal to the debit, for his disbursements from the post office fund, in leasing ground and buildings, and fitting the same for the principal branch post office in that city, under the direction of Charles A. Wickliffe, late Postmaster General.
^33^And be it further enacted, That the ^S recede^ Postmaster General pay to the said John Lorimer Graham, with interest from the tenth day of May, ^Disagree^ eighteen hundred forty-five, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and four dollars and thirty-one cents; the said Graham having overpaid that amount at said date.
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that amount at said date
[ certification ]
Attest
Asbury Dickins,
Secretary
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[ docketing ]
H. R. 599.
Amendments.
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In the House of Representatives
August 12 1848
Resolved That this House do concur in the amendments of the Senate to the bill of this House (No 599) entitled “an act to establish certain post routes” numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 18 19 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, & 28
That they concur in the amendment of the Senate to said bill numbered 26 with the following amendment, after the word “letting” in line 4 insert the following words.
^agree^ “in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine”
That this House ^do^ disagree to the amendments ^ [?] ^of the Senate to the said bill numbered 27, 29, 30, 31, 32 & 33
[ certification ]
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk
In the Senate of the United States
August 12, 1848
Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to their amendment numbered 26, and recede from their amendments numbered 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, to the said Bill (H. R. 599) disagreed to by the House of Representatives
[ certification ]
Attest
Asbury Dickins,
Secretary.
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[ docketing ]
599
Post. routes
1“out” written in the margin alongside this section.
2“Elizabethtown” changed to “Elizabethton”.
3“1849” changed to “1848”.
4“Gallin” changed to “Gatlin”
5“27” changed to “19”
6“32” changed to “31”

Handwritten Document, 86 page(s), Volume 1, RG 233, Entry 362: Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB,