To the Honorable the Congress of the United States,
The undersigned petitioners, citizens of the county of Daviess State of Mo. labour
under great inconvenience for the want of a mail rout from Brunswick in the county
of Chariton state of Mo. Via Utica, to Gallatin in the Co. of Daviess State of Mo.
a distance of about Sixty miles. By the present mail routs our mail is taken from
Keyt[e]sville, via Linneus in the county of Linn, Chillicothe and Naves Store in the Co.
of Livingston to Gallatin, a distance of upwards of one hundred miles, which makes
our mail at least one week later than the mail at Brunswick. Whereas, if we had a
mail from Brunswick via Utica, we could have the mail in one and a half or two days.
We therefore pray your Honorable body to establish the above rout, and your petitioners,
as in duty bound, will ever pray.
| Philip. R. Wirt | ||
| Philip. R. Wirt | Thos S Drain | |
| Richard, S. Deering | Jas Rhea | |
| I. B. Richardson | John D Coulson | |
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| names brought over | ||
| Elijah Roger | John McBrayer | |
| Wile,. Cope | Solomon McBrayer | |
| Wm Harper | James B Foster | |
| Andrew Mchaney | A. T. Meason | |
| Richard I Grant | Joseph. W. Atkinson | |
| Benjamin G. Kimball | George. Drummond | |
| Carroll Grant | Hugh Vallandighan | |
| Robert Peneston | Joseph Nicholas | |
| Henry N. Creekmore | Joshua Drummond | |
| John Dearing | John Tolin | |
| Albert Venable | Joseph Smith | |
| Moses Netherton | Hugh Farry Jr | |
| A, L, Drake | Thos P Gilreath | |
| Lewis Snider | Robert McGee | |
| R O Cravens | John Warren | |
| James A Tippett | Morgan Smith | |
| Nathan Snider | William Place | |
| Elijah Whitt | Robert Hanna | |
| Addison Price | George. S. Cline | |
| Cyrus Price | William P Shoover | |
| Powhatan Downing | Jacob Harper | |
| Hiram. J. Cook | Enoch Riggs | |
| Timothy Ward | Abel M Covington | |
| Elisha Ogden | Wilbern Nations | |
| E J Edwards | Travis Stokes | |
| Wm Prewett | James McMahan | |
| James Johnston | George Yantsey | |
| F, P, Lewiston | Allen Cope | |
| R. C. McDow | John Comen (sen) | |
| F. E. Rowland | William [T McGee?] | |
| James Whitt | Wm Hoopkins | |
| Jno. Rosser | T. S. Mcgaugh | |
| Reuben French | Carried forward | |
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| Brought over | ||
| Larkin Packwood | M J. Hoover | |
| Robert Nickell | H M. Hoover | |
| William [Payne?] | Jas Hoover | |
| Moses Brown Jr | Wm Osburn (sen) | |
| Wm Donaldson | Joseph Osburn | |
| John W Patton | Andrew J Elller | |
| Porterfield Tolin | James B Dobson | |
| Luther Cole | Samuel Gillilan | |
| Jacob Brunk | Anthony Jordin | |
| Andrew Prewitt | Franklin Jordin | |
| A. W. Gay | James A McCollane | |
| Joshu Smith | James Gillilan | |
| James Cogdill | John Gilliland | |
| Perry [Dowdy?] | ||
| Wm P Dunnington | Robt S Kelso | |
| Daniel Smoder | ||
| Samuel McLane | Charles Yeates | |
| Mathew R Mann | Thos N, Butts | |
| John C Brinnon | Christopher Myers | |
| Samuel Pugh | John, F. Edwards. | |
| James Orr | ||
| Franklin Calleson | ||
| Bennett B. Pryor | ||
| Jno Cravens | ||
| Dennis Clark | ||
| E. C. Kelsoe | ||
| Elijah Hubbard | ||
| James Smith | ||
| David, Groomer | ||
| Samuel, Brown | ||
| Mounts Nicholls | ||
| Moses Stephens |
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This Petition to be refered to the committee on Post offices & Post Roads
Willard P Hall[ docketing
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Petition of Citizens of Daviess County, Mo. praying for a mail route from Brunswick to Gallatin.
Petition of Citizens of Daviess County, Mo. praying for a mail route from Brunswick to Gallatin.
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January 11, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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W. P. Hall
Handwritten Document Signed, 4 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,