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To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled.
We the undersigned petitioners of Saint Joseph Williams County Ohio respectfully represent
that the public necessity requires, that your Honorable Body establish a Mail Rout, commencing at Lima Ia. and extending by way of Lexington to Jackson, Steuben, and
Hamilton of aforesaid State. Thence to Saint Joseph, William’s Centre, Washington,
and Brunersburgh, to Defiance Ohio: Intersecting the Southern Mail from Cincinnatti by way of Miami Canal: which opens a direct communication to Chicago Illinois and
the western part of the United States. And by so doing your Petitioners will ever
pray.
November the 29 1847
| Signers Names | Signers Name |
| B C Parker | |
| James M Delaney | John W Bowersox |
| John. W. Hunter | Mathew Vanwormer |
| Owen Muitz | J. W. Van Wormer |
| Wm Wilson | |
| Robert Karr | |
| George Egnew | |
| J. Miller | James H D[?] |
| John. J. Hill | Edward Landon |
| John Delaney | Solomon Lind |
| Abraham Vanwormer | |
| Alexander Wright | |
| Philander Wilson | |
| Benjamin Cornell | |
| John Skelton | |
| Robert [Mully Sr ?] | |
| George Long |
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Petition of
[?] Mc [?] Citizens of St Joseph O.
for a Post Road from Lima in Indiana to St Joseph Wms Center to Defiance in ohio.
for a Post Road from Lima in Indiana to St Joseph Wms Center to Defiance in ohio.
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Referred to commt on Post offices & Post roads
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January 26, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Mr Sawyer
Handwritten 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