To the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, citizens of
Columbiana
county, Ohio, respectfully ask the1 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 as^u^red 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.
| John Byrns | J. Conrad | |
| David Bunlick | John Cole | |
| John Blecker | ||
| Jarred[ Marlow?] | George [?] B[?] | |
| John[ Marlow?] | Isaac Williams | |
| J. Rummell | Bernard Mc Donald | |
| Wm P. Bright | Samuel Furgason | |
| Samuel Jones | George Clubaugh | |
| David Crawford | James McConnell | |
| William Crafford | John Wallace | |
| John Mi^n^gline | James Libers | |
| Jacob H Britton | Charles Reeves | |
| George. W. Wiley | Wm George | |
| John [Hoyn?] | Mathew Adams | |
| Isaac Davis | ||
| N B Miller | Daniel. W. Lewis | |
| John Mc spedden | ||
| T Green Sr | Robert M Curry | |
| Thos [Cratale?] | Jacob [Aitteouce?] | |
| Thomas C Morgan | ||
| John Whetton | ||
| John Crafford | ||
| Wm W Hamilton | ||
| Jesse Huston | ||
| John Butts |
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Petition of John Byrns & 38, other citizens of Ohio, for a mail rout from Pittg,. Pa to Cleveland Ohio
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Refer to Comt on P. O. & P. Roads
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January 20, 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,