Dec 1847To 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,