To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives of the U.S. in Congress assembled,
The petition of the undersigned would respectfully represent that a mail route from
Thompsons ferry (opposite Cape Girardeau Mo) by Thebes Santa-fe & Smithfield to Cairo, Alexander County Ill, would greatly facilitate
communication to and from the southern Counties of this state as well as the southern
Counties of missouri by giving them the advantages of the river mails to Cairo, it
would also afford great facilities to St. Louis in the winter season when the river is blocked by ice there being a tri weekly
mail from Cape Girardeau to to St Louis, and your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray &c
| 15 | L. L. [Lightner?] | ||
| 1 | A H Wiley | 16 | Ransom Johnson |
| 2 | Moses Miller | 17 | William Johnson |
| 3 | Caleb Cauble | 18 | David Renfro |
| 4 | John. Cleets | 19 | C. A. Harres. |
| 5 | Green B Bankston | 20 | Morgan Edmond |
| 6 | Michael [Miller?] | 21 | David Brown |
| 7 | Thomas Smith | 22 | Isaac Hutchenson |
| 8 | Green. P. Garner | 23 | Joseph Auston |
| 9 | Peter Miller | ||
| 10 | Isaac Lyttle | ||
| 11 | William Bracken | ||
| 12 | Joshua. C. Bottom. | ||
| 13 | Ransom Thompson | ||
| 14 | Green Massey |
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Missouri Illinois,
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Petition of L L. [Lightner?] & others praying the Establishment of a Mail route from Thompsons Ferry opposite
Cape Girardeau Mo. by Thebes, Santa Fe & Smithfield to Cairo
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Refer to the Committee on Post Office & Post Roads
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January 27 1848 Referred to the committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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R Smith
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,