To the Congress of the United States:
Decer 29th 1847
JAN 8 Hon George Fries M. C. Washington City D.C.
The undersigned, citizens ofColumbianacounty, 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.
| Geo. S Nace | Joseph Wilkinson |
| C. Giselhort | Henry B. Walters |
| Samuel J. Hoover | |
| John Hiscox | Henry [Stoit?] |
| Columbus Blocksom | Daniel Dumer |
| C. F. Helman | Joseph Millan |
| John [Haddin?] | N A McConnell |
| O A Helman | Fitz W. Spangler |
| Henry R. Lee | George Walter |
| F W Watson | Abraham [Eyer?] |
| Wm. Steward | J Snider |
| David Martin | |
| Daniel Springer | |
| Robert C. Wilson. | |
| Michal Sinnet | |
| Amos Mackey | |
| Charls Fox | |
| James Ainsworth | |
| Joseph Alaback | |
| John Armstrong | |
| Joseph Benner | |
| Daniel Harbaugh Jr | |
| Mathias. F. Nace | |
| Wm P. Shattuck | |
| William Bronse | |
| Thomas McElwee |
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NEW LISBON O.JAN 8 Hon George Fries M. C. Washington City D.C.
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Petitions of Geo S. Nace, and forty other citizens of Columbiana County Ohio, in favour of dily mail rout from Pittsburgh Pa. to Mansfield Ohio.
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Refer to Come on Post offices and Post Roads
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January 19, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads.
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Fries
Partially Printed Document Signed, 3 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,