^Darlington 11^
To The Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress.
The Petition of the Undersigned Citizens of the State of Ohio
^Pennsylvania^
respectfully represent, that the business at the several points between Pittsburgh
in the State of Pennsylvania, and Mansfield, in the County of Richland and State of
Ohio, in the judgement of your petitioners requires a daily Mail between said Pittsburgh
and Mansfield, and your petitioners respectfully ask that a daily Mail be established
between said points, by the most eligible route. And your petitioners believe a route
via Beaver, Darlington, Palestine, Columbiana, Washingtonville, Salem, Damascus, Mt.
Union, Canton, Massillon, Wooster and thence to Mansfield the most proper and beneficial
to the public.
| D. Leasure | Jn Boyd Jr |
| T. C. Morris | Jonathan Smith |
| Thos F Elder | Thomos grant |
| Nicholas Beigley | Saml Hamilton |
| Peter Guy | James[ Edion?] |
| Thos L Hamilton | D. H. Wallace |
| Jno Courtney | Barnard W Dusten |
| Robert [Gusle?] | Archibald McCoughtery |
| James Dunston Jr | |
| Jas H Calhoun | John Davis |
| Aaron Miller | John Wilson J |
| William. [Vontgiffe?] | John Fasnaught |
| Wm Boyd | J A Anderson |
| Robert Anderson | Jas Cochran |
| [N?]. S. Cochran | William Boyd |
| W.B Courtney | |
| Jas. W. W. Edgar | John Duff |
| Jno G. Courtney | |
| Jas A. Fowler | William Elder |
| Joseph Court | James McCowin |
| Ma Marshall Hartshorn | W Eskin |
| Rev. Benjamin T. Sawyer | H. P McKinly |
| Lewis Row | Mathew Dillan |
| Jackson Fowler | Robert Shannon |
| William Mitchell | Wm Anderson |
| John Lester | Wm Dillen |
| J. A. W. Edgar | Robt Irwin |
| F J Barclay Esqr | S. M. Hamilton |
| James Miller | John A Miller |
| Dan Campbell | John Black |
| John Crawford | D. Hendrixson Wallace |
| Thos Ellison | 60 |
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Petition of
Of 131. citizens of Darlington Pa,. and from 72. citizens of Washingtonville 44. of Salem 24 " Columbiana 6 " Est. Palestine, in the state of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a daily mail rout from Pittsburgh Pa via. Darlington Pa. and Est. Palestine, Columbiana Washingtonville, Salem, Canton, ^&^ Wooster, to Mansfield, in the state of Ohio.
Refer to Comt on Post offices and post roads.
Geo. Fries
Of 131. citizens of Darlington Pa,. and from 72. citizens of Washingtonville 44. of Salem 24 " Columbiana 6 " Est. Palestine, in the state of Ohio, praying for the establishment of a daily mail rout from Pittsburgh Pa via. Darlington Pa. and Est. Palestine, Columbiana Washingtonville, Salem, Canton, ^&^ Wooster, to Mansfield, in the state of Ohio.
Refer to Comt on Post offices and post roads.
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January 4 1848 Referred to the committee on Post Offices & Post Roads
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,