We the undersigned citizens of the State of Louisiana with respect represent to your Honourable body that we are in great need of a new mail rout from Harrisonburg in the Parish of Catahoula to Athens in the Parish of Claiborn, one hundred and ten miles on which we wish the mail to pass once a week and back

We would respectfully represent unto your Honourable body that the mail should pass on said Rout from Harrisonburg by Copenhagen Tho^s Merideths James William^s Vernon Dagdemonia to Athens the seat of Justice of Claiborn Parish

We would further represent to your honourable body that the above rout is of Vast interest to a new growing and prosperous section of Country the citizens the citizens of which are in a great measure ^deprived^ of mail facilities, many of them haveing to go twenty, thirty, forty & even fifty miles to their nearest post office All of which facts may be acertained by reference to a map of the country over which this rout must necessarily pass

It is no objection to this rout to say that a mail passes already the said road from Harrisonburg to Copenhagen because it is a matter notorious to every person ^on^ that part of the rout that the mail passes from Harrisonburg to Monroe but one a week & that the mail matter accumulates at Harrisonburg to such an enormous size that it is frequently impossible for the bags to carry all at a time in consequence depriveing the citizens on the rout herein asked for nearly a month & perhaps longer of their mail facilities

We therefore would respectfully pray your honourable body to pass an act establishing the above designated rout

We would further respectfully represent to your Honourable body that in the rout herein prayed for there is a good well beaten road & that ^the^ rout as designated is nearly on a strait forward course passing by the Post Office at Vernon which is the seat of Justice of and Dugdemonia both in Jackson Parish & each of which is supplied by cross routs at considerable expence & Your petitioners will evr pray &c