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 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.
| Jno. Watt. |
| P. N. Snodgrass |
| Dennis Harbaugh |
| M C Adams |
| James Adams |
| John Thomson |
| A. G. Patterson |
| E. T Sesser |
| Samuel Wall |
| J. E. Vance |
| Henry Aldridge |
| Geo. L. Vallandigham |
| Jam’s A Martin |
| David Hamilton |
| Joseph Spiker |
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Petition of John Watt & 85. other citizens of Columbiana Co. Ohio, in favour of a
daily mail from Pittsburgh Pa., to Mansfield ohio.
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Referd
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Post
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Post
Roads
Geo Fries
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January 24, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & 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,