T [?]To the Honorable Cave Johnson p m Genaral of the united states
the undersigned your pertioners would Respecfully Represent that a mail rout is necessary
for the accommodation of the Inhabitants living upon said rout said Rout commencing
at stcharles Kane county Illinois from thence to fairfield from thence warns from
thence Line post ofice from thence to Huntley Grove from thence to Brady Grove from
thence to pains point from thence oregon city ogle county the distance is about fifty
five miles that there there is But two post offices on said Rout Line post office Joseph shaw p M supplie[?] ^Dekalb county^ ^DeKalb ^county^^ from Aron and avon and pains point office mr stinson p m supplied from sycamore the inhabitants
on this rout have suffered serious inconvenyences by the nun establishinget of a mail rout as sit fourth out post offices at a more conveent distances most of
the inhabitants on this rout living from five to twelve mile from a post office and
your pertitioners would Request that a mail rout should be established as soon as
may be on said rout and in duty bound would ever pray
James WalradJoseph HenryJohn OrmsbyJohn WardJohn ShawJohn Shaw
Handwritten Document Signed, 1 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,