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New Castine Dark, Co ohio December 20th 1847 To the Senate and House of Representatives now in congress
we the undersighned citizens of New Castine and vecinity do Prey your Honourable Body To Have the Present mail Route altered in Place of commencing by the way of New Castine to go by the [?] Dark Co ohio & Intersect the Same Route at Euphemia Ohio and To grant us a mail Route from Greenville ohio by the way of New Castine To Eaton ohio Twice a week & Back & To be carried by a vehicle when the Roads are Passible & when impassible on Horse Backwe the underseighd citizens do Humble Prey you may grant our Pertition
Names. Names.
Russel Evans Post master 1 Jonathan Pitman 24
Thomas J Stapelten 2 J. S. Williams 25
Peter [...?] 3 J. A. Housman 26
John McKee 4 Daniel Leedy 27
David Marsh 5 David Mecker
Joseph Kirby sen’r 6 Joseph. P. Hunt 28
A, H, Stephens 7 Samuel Wilheite 29
Elisha Richards 8 Joel Blankenbaker 30
John M. Pitman 9 Charly Harraman 31
Israel Muck 10 Elias L Carnahan 32
Elias Bringman 11 J. P. Love 33
George Rhule 12 Josiah Lee 34
[...?] 13 Peter C, [Banta?] 35
Francis P Meadows 14 Wendel Minnich 36
Chas. Herrgman se’n 15 Albert Banta 37
Henry Young 16 Nicholas Rynearson 38
Jacob Boase 17 William A Crisler 39
George Boase 18 Antony Commins 40
[Erin?] Baker 19 Fornsworth Kirby 41
JJoshua Bringman 20 Thomas. R. Mcgriff 42
G M Teeford 21 Charles F Brooke 43
James Davis 22 Joseph H. Fisher 44
[?] 23 Jacob Lomsel 45
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Names Names
Wm Pitman 46
David Lomsel 47
Perry Gard 48
John F. Rosen 49
Riley Garr 50
Wm hughs 56
John Nucumb 57
Daniel Burr 58
J. K. Snyder 59
Samuel Ludy 60
Thommas McGriff 61
Hartman Kelsoe 62
Cyrus Grissom 63
Jacob. Lemberger 64
Henry Tedford 65
Hiram T Wollard. 66
Francis Reid 67
Jacob Miller 68
John Frazer 69
George Fuller 670
Hiram Hitsley 71
Christain Walters 72
Otto [Brennbagh?] 73
Jacob U Lutz 74
Hugh Gorman 75
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Petition of 75 citizens of Darke Co. Ohio, for a post route from Greenville, by the Way of New Castine, Darke county to Eaton in Preble county.
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Mr Wheat or Mr Halter
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Answer. that there is a route by the existing law from Greenville by New Castine to Hagerstown, but from Hagerstown to Eaton the road has never been declared a post route by law [J. R.?] H.
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Comee Post office & post Roads
Mr Schenck
1Document includes a hand-drawn map that we will not transcribe.

Handwritten Document Signed, 3 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,