To the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, citizens of
Columbiana
county, Ohio, respectfully ask the 1 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.
| W. D. Lepper | Jno L H Vallandigham | |
| Wm Myers. | ||
| G. Williard | Joseph Custard | |
| G. E Maus | ||
| C. W. Lepper | ||
| Jos D McLaughlin | [28?] | |
| B. Pritchard | ||
| James M Elroy. | ||
| R B. Pritchard | ||
| [Jerret?] Snider | ||
| Jacob H Wildman | ||
| John A. Steigleman | ||
| Benjamin D [Cornell?] | ||
| J A. Thompson | ||
| S S Clark | ||
| J. Phillips | ||
| William Phillips | ||
| Jonathan Grimshaw | ||
| James G Donaldson | ||
| Henry [Heptener?] | ||
| Wm B McKenzie | ||
| Thomas Cross |
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Petition of W. D. Lepper, and 23 other Citizens of Columbiana Co Ohio in favour of
a daily mail rout from Pittg,, Pa to Mansfield in Ohio.
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Refer to Comt on P. O. & P. Roads
Geo.
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January 19, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Partially 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,