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.
| Samuel Hershberger | Jonathan D Koppel |
| Wm B Danes | Saml. Rish |
| Jacob Messimore | Edward Milner |
| Jacob Hanselmann | J. Wickers Lane |
| Edward L Paxson | John Hively |
| Jesse Whileteather | Georg Massimore |
| John King | Isaac [Banssel?] |
| Levi King | George Milner jr |
| John Foulks | John Crisinger |
| A. G. Graham | Henry Gearheart |
| John Miller | [Isaac?] [Gasford?] |
| Lewis McCoy | Joseph Willis |
| John Fifer | Joshua Asley |
| Ananias Orison | Enos Milbourn |
| James Anderson | J Wellington Boufield |
| John Betz | Levi Messmore |
| George Kofel | John B Messimore |
| David Akin | Joseph Aspy [jun?] |
| George Aspy | John Behner |
| John Rish | [?] |
| David Willis | |
| George Henry | John Heim |
| [Noe?] Sumner | Henry Lahreg |
| Henry Walter | Adam M Kinley |
| John Bisbee | John Brener |
| Joseph Walker | Thomas Thomas <Page 2>
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| Peter Orrisson | |
| William Hosenmayer | |
| Jacob Behner | |
| Jacob Ki[?]ly | |
| George Hively | |
| George Reed | |
| Andrew Aspy | |
| Henry Gearhart | |
| [?] Ness[?] | |
| Alexan Anderson | |
| John Lawes | |
| John Cunoy | |
| George Ruff | |
| Gob[?]ab [?] | |
| [Adam?] Hineley | |
| James Cooper | |
| Adam Essick | |
| Joseph Messimore | |
| Jacob Newco[?] | |
| Joseph Walker | |
| David Smith | |
| Jacob S Thomas | |
| Jacob Williams | |
| Henry Slentz | |
| John Beavid | |
| Daniel Colestock |
[undersigned?] men [men?]
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Petition of Saml Hershberger, and 86. other citizens of Cola Co Ohio, in favour of a daily mail rout from Pittsburgh Pa to Mansfield Ohio
Petition of Saml Hershberger, and 86. other citizens of Cola Co Ohio, in favour of a daily mail rout from Pittsburgh Pa to Mansfield Ohio
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Refer to Comtc on P.O. & Post RoadsGeo Freis
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January 28 1848 Referred to the Committee of the Post Office and Post Roads
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Fries
Partially Printed 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