To the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, citizens ofColumbianacounty, Ohio, respectfully ask the passage of a law by Congress, for a Daily Mail Route from Pittsburgh, Pa., down the Ohio River by Steamboats to some convenient and suitable point, thence west through New-Lisbon, Canton, Massillon, Wooster, to Mansfield. We are assured by competent authority that contracts will be taken for the conveyance, during eleven months of the year, on so much of said route as requires steamboat transportation.
The steady and regular increase of the business and resources of the great west require increased mail facilities, and we respectfully but earnestly ask Congress to grant such an augmentation of the mail service, as will enable, not only the enterprising business man, but community generally, to enjoy the benefits of a Daily communication. The revenues of the Post Office Department, we are persuaded, will be considerably augmented under such an arrangement.
James Slentz E. L. Walker
John Orrison Solomon Summer
Washington Kessner John Guthrie
Jacobb Rish
James E [Nicholalas?]
John Reamer
John Burton
Eli Batlin
Peter
Peter Lee
Nimrod Barrack
John H Kinnaman
Samuel Hawkins
Thomas Hawkins
Wm H Harrison
Jacob Pitters
John Wolf
John Fults
David S. Sanor
William Fultz
Henry. B. Killinger
[Mohl?] [Conlson?]
the express understanding of this petition is that we wish to have the rout through ^New^ Lisbon, Gilford Newgarden New Alexander and to continue to Maslon

Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 page(s), RG 233, Entry 367: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Committees, 1847-1849, NAB,