To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
The petition of the undersigned, inhabitants of the counties of Monroe, Pike, and Wayne, most respectfully represent that they labor under great disadvantage and inconvenience in consequence of not having mail facilities sufficient for the ordinary transaction of business, and would therefore pray your honorable bodies to pass an act granting them a mail route to be carried once a week on horseback or sulky, from Stroudsburg, Monroe county, Pennsylvania, passing up the east branch of Brodhead’s creek, via Brackleyville, Priceburg, Indian Hill, Coveville, to East Sterling, in Wayne County, a distance of 26 miles, and appoint William S. White, Wilki^n^son Price, Peter Sees, and Benjamin Pitt postmasters on said route, leaving Stroudsburg every Thursday morning at 6 o’clock, A.M., and arriving at East Sterling at 6 o’clock P.M, of said day. Returning, to leave East Sterling every Friday morning, and arrive at Stroudsburg at six o’clock, P.M. of said day. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
Jacob Smith Wm McMeekin
Elihu Costens Charles J Price
James Price Jeremiah Postens
Nelson Staples Wilkinson Price
Ephraim H Peters James Palmer
Jacob Beasecker F[?]y[?] Berbolt.
David Eckert David Smiley
Arthur S Post Daniel Long
N[...?] Nicholas A Lisk Lewis Long

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No 4 Penny.
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Petit Petitions of Citizens of Monroe Co Pa Pa Praying for a mail route from Stroudsburg in said County via Brackleyville, Priceburg, Indian Hill, & Coveville to East Sterling in Wayne County
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January 31, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Presented by the Brodhead under the [rules?] and referred to the Committee on Post offices & Post roads
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Brodhead

Printed 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