Your petitioners, citizens of the County of Moultrie, and State of Illinois, respectfully represent, that Sullivan is the County Town of said County, which is a new and flourishing County, ^[?]^ and that the only mail rout to Sullivan, is a special rout, once a week from Shelbyville, which is South west from Sullivan, therefore, the undersigned petitioners, would respectfully pray, that your honourable body would grant us a post rout from Charleston, in Coles County, via, Sullivan, and Lovington, to Decatur, in Macon County, the mail to be carried once a week on horse back, and as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray &c,