To the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, citizens ofRichlandcounty, 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 asred 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
| Wm Blocher | Jacob Brinkerhoff |
| William Platt | Eli Tergarden |
| Wm D. McBride | P W Cunningham |
| John Johnston | [Jesse?] W Davison |
| W. C. Wilson | P Renig |
| George Cocher | Rab L Loyd |
| E. W. Luke | |
| Saml Carrothers | |
| R Booth | |
| D. R Walker | |
| Jas M. Rhodes | |
| Geo W Rhodes | |
| James [Cabean?] Jr | |
| Wm Hunter | |
| Alexander Patterson | |
| John brall | |
| James Arnold | |
| William Smith | |
| Allen Gilkison | |
| Joseph Ashton | |
| Wm J Cullen | |
| James Brown | |
| George Glick | |
| John Ashton |
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The petition of Jacob Brinkerhoff and twenty nine other citiznes of Richland Co Ohio
asking the Establishmt of a daily mail route from Pittsburg Pa to Mansfield Ohio.
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December 30, 1847 Referred to the Committee on Post Offices & Post Roads
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Com on the Post Office & Post Roads
Com on the Post Office & Post Roads
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Partially Printed Document Signed, 2 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,