TO THE HONORABLE,THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
The undersigned, citizens of the Counties of Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham, in the State
of Michigan, would respectfully represent, that a Mail Route is much needed from
Battle Creek, in the County of Calhoun, to Michigan, the seat of Government of said
State, in the County of Ingham; that a large proportion of the inhabitants of said
State labor under serious embarrassments for the want thereof, having no direct communication
with said Capital; that Battle Creek is the most feasible point for all the travel
from the West to leave the Central Rairoad for said Capital, and also the most eligible point for the travel from the Capital
West to intersect said Railroad; that the distance from Battle Creek to said Capital
is inconsiderable, being only forty-four miles on a State Road already laid out and
mostly opened; that said Road passes through a rich and productive country, mostly
settled by a sober, industrious and reading community, and also that it passes through
the flourishing villages of Bellevue and Charlotte, in the County of Eaton, the latter
being the shire Town of said County; that Michigan, aside from its being the seat
of Government, is a place of extensive business and of great importance; that Battle
Creek contains a population of two thousand inhabitants, and in point of business
and prospective importance is second to no place in Calhoun County. We would, therefore,
in view of the foregoing facts. earnestly, but respectfully, solicit your Honorable Body to pass a law establishing
a Mail Route on said State Road, from Battle Creek through Bellevue and Charlotte
to Michigan, in the County of Ingham.
Dated the 27 day of November 1847.| NAMES. | NAMES. |
| Silvanus Hunsiker | [ |
| D. McNamee | M. H. Andrews |
| Reuben Gilbert | H. D. Hall |
| Ruel Rose. | J Pience |
| Lysander Brooks | Alanson Merch |
| Wm M. [Granz?] | James H Sprague |
| John Hart. | D C Griffith |
| L. B. Bowen | T. Haskell |
| Joab Perry | Uri Shapley |
| R. J. Grant | Gary Spaulding |
| M. S Brackett | James Kimberly |
| Alfred Comstock | E. M. Kingsbury |
| S. Sellers | Jno T. Hayt |
| J. H Sykes | R. B. Hughes |
| J. E. Sweet | Wm B. Hopkins |
| A. B. Hale | |
| H M Hitchock | M. D. Allen |
| C J Brown | Henry H. Hickok |
| S H Gage | John [?]. Ross |
| Daniel Mason | Frederick F White |
| D. Lucas | John Speeleburg [Jr [Bellevue?]?] |
| Joseph. Hasbrook | Ira. T. Hayt |
| I J Willis | Sylvester Davy |
| wm Love | George Peters Gre |
| george Holden | Ezra Willis |
| Henry Hunsiker Jr | F. A. Stebbins |
| Alpheus. G. Bond | Wm Goss |
| S. D. Barden Esq. | |
| M. W. Walker | H. H. Janvis |
| C. W. Harris. | Barton C Hunsiker |
| Daniel Spaulding | P. O. Wilson |
| Jas. Luscomb | James Dewey |
| Charles Cumings | Samul Ryon |
| A G Avery | Zedekiah Pooler |
| Norman Hickok | William Coon |
| Ira Andrus | |
| Lewis C. Mudge | Leonard Scuttle |
| John H Keith | Joel Tripp |
| Philetus Shapley | James Hoxsie |
| Henry Badgerone |
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