Mobile Decr 29th 1847To the Hon Senate and house of Representatives of the United States,
The undersigned citizens of the city of Mobile beg leave to suggest the Great advantages
which would accrue to themselves and to a Great portion of the citizens of the state
of Ala by establishing a tri weekly mail from this city to Cahawba or selma on the
Ala river. If the mail be carried by water two small steamboats will be sufficient.
This mail will supply the counties of Washington, Clarke, Marengo, Dallis, Wilcox,
and Monroe, in connection with the cross mails already establishedThe counties above discribed are several of them the most wealthy in the state and
by the present mail arrangment are almost as distant from us in point of mail communication
as the city of New York, In the winter season it is almost impossible to carry a mail
by land to the named counties in consequence of the many bad creeksThis route would also be the safest and quickest to carry the mails from here to Sumter,
Green, Perry, Tuskaloosa, Pickens and Fayette counties ala and also to the North Eastern
part of Miss
For further particulars on this subject we beg leave to refer your honors to our Representative
in congress the Hon John Gayle
| T. Sanford | |
| Barney & Brothers | Lewis A. Middleton |
| Fredk Stewart | |
| Richard North | |
| E. M. Ware | |
| Skates & Co | I. Ela |
| Isaac D. Spear & Co | R. G. Cooke |
| Robert Desha & Co | W J [?] Turler |
| W. C. Stanly | J G Pryraham |
| Wm H. Redwood | |
| B. F. Dumas | C. W. Gazzam |
| F. H. Cooper | |
| Kelly & Adams | Wm Smith |
| B. F. Marshall | |
| Evans & McClendon | |
| Edwd McDermott | |
| Smith Walker & Co | |
| Joseph Tucker | Stiles Benners & co |
| E M. Edwards | J. B. [?]Toulmin & Son |
| J V Jewett &Co | |
| [?] ickson | Haviland Clark & Co |
| Patrick. Irwin & Co | M. F. Smitt |
| Sims Reders & Henze | Wm T. Marshall |
| G W Howze | |
| Alex: Pope & Son | P [?]. Chris. |
| Foster & Battelle | |
| Wm G: Jones | Charles Perry. |
| F B Jones | |
| Miller Furness & Co | A. P. Barry |
| Walker [?] Little | |
| J. G Uhlhan | Coms Heyen |
| H. Stickney | Thomas W Marshall |
| L. Griffitts Fisher | Ishmael H Mann |
| James N. Hill | Wm D. Primrose |
| N Moore | H Ws Lesesue |
| G. W. Allen | |
| Henry. D Blair | M[?] |
| A. S. Durneé | |
| D. W. Goodman | Joseph Coin |
| A [Catomed?] | J W Lang |
| Cullen & Smith | G. F. Lindsay |
| Henry. B. Holcombe | Danl Chandler |
| J. Austill | |
| Geo S. Ringgold | Edward A. Shaffer |
| C Le Baron | Jno Elliott |
| A. M. Sprague | |
| I. F. Adams | M. J. D. Baldwyn |
| Robt M Livingstone | |
| Jacob. G. [Narsh?] | |
| Price & Spencer | |
| Wm Bryden | |
| H [Daggt?] | Jno F. Seavens |
| W. Kemp | [W?] Tardy |
| J O Cummins & Co | |
| I Wiley & Co | Smith Wyckoff & Nicoll |
| W Le Baron | |
| E McCord | Jesse Thompson |
| Wms & Trone | |
| C. W. Rapier | |
| E. [Kent?] | |
| H. Brown Rolston | A. L. Aycock |
| O. L. Jewett. | |
| J. Donavan | |
| J. J. Shelton | |
| John O’Reilly & Co | |
| S. E. Stokes | Jno: M Taylor |
| W. Wainlon | |
| [Deshen?] & Myers | |
| A. E. Rouse | Alcott Prentice |
| J. B Staples | G W Tarleton |
| [Eslard?] Murrell & Co | Edward A. Shaffer |
| James B [?] | J M Moore |
| John Hurtel | D. Stodder |
| John Peden | G. P. Patrick |
| F. Hurtel | |
| Wm Crothers | Jno McGowan |
| Chamberlain & Co | Campbell Croust Co |
| Wm H Denny | Jos. Case |
| David Blair | H. [O?]. [Arewer?] |
| Saml Armor | J. H. Rivers & C |
| J. J. Cleiland | |
| Gage J. Post | E G Pratt |
| Jno. Haupt Jr | |
| W. C. Easton | S. H St John & Co |
| A. F. Irwin | Edward R Bell |
| Wm C. Sanders | |
| Sanford Coley | More & Lynes |
| R L Watkins | |
| A. T. Shepherd | |
| Stephenson & Bridges | T. W. Macon |
| Jas Masterson | A Allen |
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| A G. Parker & Co | Jas A. Hooper |
| John Cox | |
| McNeil Browning & Co | A. J. Leslie |
| A C McKeen | W T. L’Hommedein |
| B. B. Laton | Geo B. Taylor |
| John K Randall | Jo Ben Alexander |
| Ed Chedsey | J A L’Hommedein |
| Jno. Gilsby | P. White |
| A [W?] Meslier | |
| W. L. [Truart?] & Co | |
| J Dobler | E S P. Loughry |
| M. E. Horner | |
| G f Watson & Co | Thos J. Caron |
| J. C. Du Bose & Co | Jos C White |
| M S Stetson | |
| Jno Rend & Co | Joel A Rubens |
| L G Houston | J Kirkbride |
| Deming Edmond & Field | A [C?] Wilson |
| Geo A Arnold | Chas Foster |
| Joel A Clayton | |
| Learens Malone & Co | John Edmd Jones |
| C. B. Dickinson | Billups, Gayle |
| Z B Dickinson | Leonard F. Summers |
| M. Neubrik | W. H. A. Sampson |
| F [W?] McCeys Johnson | Chass Stewart |
| W. S. [Winrock?] | |
| Beach, Ela. &. Co. | Isaac Bryan |
| Walter Drune | W L Kaeffer |
| Howe & Batcheller | Pollard & [Ean-?] |
| W B [Hu-?] | |
| James M. Mullen | Stanton [&?] Brothers |
| M. F. Roselston | |
| E. J. Delemere | |
| Wm Strickland | |
| Daniel S Brady | J A. Rice. |
| Bernard Cohen | H E. Brown |
| W. H. Crawford | H. F. Cranborn |
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| Geo. Mason | Edw. Seaman & Co |
| H Van Antwerp | Goldsmith [Forehamer?] & Co |
| James Corning | Joseph Rosenthal |
| Henry & Mott | Slevis L Arguelles |
| David R Price | |
| Caleb Cresson | Thomas Mullin |
| James Carlin | Wm L. Waller. |
| Thomas & Gordon | A. E. Ledyard |
| O [Maganses?] & Co | Geo H Sears |
| J [?] J Roff | |
| Thos Anderson | |
| Henry J Roff | S H N Dickson |
| Geo G Henry | C W Wickwire |
| C S Thomas | R P Howell & Co |
| W H Gordon | S F Ricknor |
| C R Labuzar | |
| Jesse Thompson | |
| Edw Curry | W C Dennis |
| B. F. Ronland & Co | |
| Crawford & Gowdly | |
| Goode & Swanz | |
| John Simpson | J & G Manton |
| Wm H Ketchum | Craig & Sorley |
| McDonal Withers & Co | Thomas Adams |
| Julius Tift | S. Bullen |
| Abm Wolff | Jas Campbell |
| C A Gilbert & Bro. | |
| J Wolff jr. | |
| W. G Ellis | Ross & Marshall |
| King & Thomas | |
| Wm H Hull | [Sam?], Herrart & Co |
| Adams & Allen | |
| C. W Taylor | Hanrell & Davis |
| R B [Houtame?] & Son | |
| D. S. Ball | Robt M Livingston |
| J. F. Cunningham | [Perryman?] Son |
| Pope & Brother | H. [Wiffnell?] |
| L. W. Moore | |
| H F Toulmin | |
| R. Greene | |
| Jas [Th?] [Jon?] | |
| Wm Hutchison | |
| M W Bond | Jones Fuller |
| G. N. Griffith | |
| R. Cowell | [ |
| D. Hubbard | D Hubbard |
| E. T. Wood | |
| E. Brown | |
| O. C. Wadsworth | |
| F. H. Brooks | B. S. Hines |
| Reese Taylor | R B Hyde |
| W A Bacon | C B McKinney |
| D. B. Crane | [Sunch?] & Dabney |
| W S Shepherd | |
| Hoyt & Sons | |
| Allen & Haden | M. W. Jenks |
| [Riva?] Battle &c | H. Griffing |
| Richd, H, Redwood | |
| Nove & Key | Jno, C, Hodges |
| Humphries Walsh [Co?] | |
| J G Lyon | McGuire & Ballentyne |
| Gen. R. Washburn | |
| A. [Prorks?] | |
| Levi Langdon | |
| [R-?] A Lewis | |
| H Wasfield | |
| C. C. Langdon |
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Alabama
The petition of 400 of the Citizens of Mobile, prying the establishment of a mail line by steam of steam boats from the City of Mobile, in Mobile County to the Town of Cahawba or the Town of Selma in Dallas County.
The petition of 400 of the Citizens of Mobile, prying the establishment of a mail line by steam of steam boats from the City of Mobile, in Mobile County to the Town of Cahawba or the Town of Selma in Dallas County.
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referred to Committee on post offices & post roads.
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February 1, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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J. Gayle
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,