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To the Honorable The Senate & House of Representative of the United States in Congress assembled the undersigned citizens of the Counties of Daviess, Martin & Lawrence in the state of Indiana would respectfully represent that they are in great want of mail facilities. Wherefore they would humbly, pray that you would Establish a mail route from Washington in said County of Daviess along the State Road through Martin County, by way of Fayetteville in Lawrence County to Bedford in said County, to pass back & forth once a week, & that you would Establish a post office on said Route at or near Saml McBride’s in said County of Daviess & one at or near Edwardson’s [Tangard?] in said County of Martin & they will Ever pray &c.
13 George W. Gee
1 Cager Peck
14 Lucious Bramble
2 Jesse Elliott 15 [G?]. Richards
3 Alen Brock 16 Daniel Bowers
4 Jack Bridges 17 Enoch Hampton
5 Jonathan D Calvin 18 Wm Wildman
6 Moses M Bride 19 John Davis
7 John Chapman 20 Hezekiah Collier
8 Wm. S. Gait[?] 21 Robert Waggeonor
9 Thos B Eaton
22 Henry Franklin
10 John Eadwards
23 Richard Dotson
11 Jaac. Cox 24 Pater Payton
12 John Tranter 25 James M Rollins
13 Jacob Kinder 26 Abraham Wa[?]onon
25 Jacob Kinder
26 James M Rollins 53 William Harryman
27 John Goff 54 Miles Cox
55 William Baten
28 [...?] ^B. H^ Chestnut 56 William Herman
29 John Meake [...?]
230 Alford Miller 57 Robert Baker
31 Richard Spears
32 John. Rollins 58 John g Bridge
33 Joseph Reard 59 Sidny Rollins
34 Micheal Elliott 60 Finance White
35 James Smith 61 John Davis
36 Samuel Smith
63 John Y Chastain
37 Benjamine Smith
38 Elias Rollins 64 Edward Franklin
39 Elbert Paten 65 Henry Simon
40 Denny Simpson
41 Isaac F Bridges 66 Levi Mitchel.
42 William Sanders 67 Hamleton Smith
43 John Alexander 68 george M Reol ^Runels^
44 Micheal Ozee
69 Jacob Sipes
45 Absalom Cooper
46 John Sims 70 David Sipes
47 Absalom Cooper 71 John Chosteen
48 James Sims 72 Plasant Chasteen
49 Abram Riten 73 James Chasteen
74 John J kinder
50 Pery [?]inston 75 Robant Chosteen
76 James Skean
51 Levi Brock
52 Isaac Sizemore
. . . [Johnathan?] [?]man
I. S. Rains John Mcwilliams
Martin Magee Michael Farmer
P. H. Morgan David Sears
Abraham Kern A. J. Kern
David Mounce Ezra Kern
James MCollough Lewis J Baker
L. D. Kern Robert Mayfield
C. B. Stark Robert Boyd
Adam Sears Pack Guthrage
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James
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[Jane?] [...?]
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John goff
Howard Chestnet
John Meake
Alford Miller
Richard Spears
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Indiana
The petition of C. Peake & others Citizens of the Counties of Daviess, Martin & Lawrence in the State of Indiana praying for the Establishment of a post Route from Washington in said County of Daviess to Bedford in Lawrence County—& for the Establishment[...?] of post offices thereon
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Refered to comes on post offices & post Roads
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January 28, 1848 Referred to the committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Right.
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Geo. G. Dunn

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