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To the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, citizens of Columbiana [&c?] 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 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.
Erastus Eads Joseph W Smith
F H Zupernick John Heill
H Springer John W. Springer
Fred Huggeer Michael [?]
Geo Graham James Hiltabidel
Joseph McGrady Andrew Brinker
Geo. Friedt Jonathan Mckarns
Frank Blythe JncCook
J Mowan Abram Hasness
B Lounsbury
James Starr John Springer
Samuel Neigh Samuel Koons
Edward Macdonald Owen McBride
Reason Mottinger
Daniel Kelly [Henry?] Richard
James Bean Jacob Longanacke
Saml Shriver
Timothy Healy William Herns
David Denods
Peter Hood David Holberstott
Thomas [Feesen?] John Miller
Dan Brinker
Martin [lummiss?] Cornelius Whitacre
Lawrence Hood Jacob Coblentz
William a Crook Amos Frost
Henry [?] John Stewart
Philip Deemer Joseph Lindesmith
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Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 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,