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H RepsCommittee Room Post offices
and Post Roads
Jany 18th 1848Gentlemen
In obedience to an order of the House of Representatives the Com on P. O & P. Roads
have instructed me to inquire the terms on which the Post Master Genl can be released
from the Contract made by him during the past year for the transportation of the Great
Southern Mail from Baltimore down the Bay. Also the terms on which the Richmond F
& Potomac Rail R. and Steam Boat company will engage to carry the said Mail. I accordingly
address the inquiry to each company, (as it concerns each, ^to answer)^ and respectfully ask an early reply
I am Respy &cW L GogginCh. Com To R. F P R & S Co & Bay co. Ed Robinson P of Rail R. Moncure Robinson P. S. co
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Handwritten Transcription, 2 page(s), tray 12, folder 2, RG 233, Entry 364: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Committee Reports and Papers, 1847-1849, NAB,