The Honourable Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled in the City
of Washington The undersigned citizens of Henry County & State of Ohio pray your Honourable
Body to pass a law Establishing a post road From Tiffin in Senaca County ohio, via, Bascum & Rome in Said County & Resdon & VanBuren in Hancock county
thence Along the road leading along the South Shugarridge to Abraham Baughmans in
Putnam County thence to Medary in sd Putnam County thence the road leading to Defiance in Defiance County your petitioners
would represent that there is no Post Office from Van Buren afore named to Defiance
Except Medary the Distance being 44 miles & the Medary Office is Supplied from the
South, and that that there is no route running East & West through a Territory of 29 miles between
the Blanchards Fork of the Auglaize River to the Maume river whilst the whole distance
is Settled For this your petitioners will Ever pray Nov 19th 1847
| Petitioners Names | Petitioners Names | Petitioners names | ||
| F[?] B[?] | Michael Smith | |||
| Franz [?] | [?] Smith | |||
| J D[?] | Jackob [?] | G[?] D[?] | ||
| [Hugo?] [?] | Christian Dawas Sr | Charles Horning | ||
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| [Danial?] Guzfo[ur?] | Jacob Wilhelm Sr | |||
| Peter Horning | ||||
| Henry Shull | Jacob Wilhelm Jr | |||
| Nicolaus Fischer | [?] Gassman | |||
| [?] [?] | Casper Manges | |||
| J. [?] | ||||
| [?] | Sylfester Kampf | |||
| James Shasteen | ||||
| Matthias Diem[?] | Phillip Hoffman | |||
| Philip Smith | Paul Ranolet | |||
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| John Willhilm | ||||
| John H Milham | ||||
| [?] | ||||
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| Henry Grene | ||||
| Heinz Derr | ||||
| Peter Grim | ||||
| [?] | ||||
| Henry Saner | ||||
| [?] | ||||
| Johann Goll[?] | ||||
| Theobolt Poliy | ||||
| Fossrem D[?] | ||||
| [?] | ||||
| [?] | ||||
| Ferdinand Ruial |
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James Shasteen T, C,
| State of Ohio Henry Co, | ||
| Pleasant Township | I, James Shasteen Clerk | |
| of Pleasant Towship do | ||
| hereby certify that the signers of the within | ||
| partition are resident tax payers and voters | ||
| living in Pleasant Township |
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Ohio
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Petetian for a post rout from Tiffin by way of Medary in Putnam Co to Defiance, O.
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refered to comt on Post offices and Post roads
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January 21—1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads.
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Mr Sawyer
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