To the Hon Cave Johnson P. M. General of the United States.
The Undersigned your petitioners would respectfully represent that a mail route is necessary for the accommodation of the Inhabitants living upon and near the following Route: commencing at St charles Kane County Illinois from thence to Fairfield, South side of Ohio Grove, Huntleys Grove, Broadies Grove, Jefferson Grove, White Oak Grove, & Daysville to Oregon Ogle County Illinois. The distance is about Fifty five miles. That there is but two Post offices now on said route. The Kite River Office which is supplied by the subscription from white Rock office Ogle Co. and Lynn which is supplied by Postmaster Mr Shaw in De Kalb Co. That the Inhabitants on this route have suffered serious inconvenience & trouble by reason of the non establishing of a Mail route as above set forth and Post offices at more convenient distances. Most of the Inhabitants on said route living from Ten to Twenty miles from any Post office, and your petitioners would request that a mail route may be established as soon as may be, on said Route & as in duty &c
Joseph Wayne
Reuben D Crandell
E. F. Dutcher John M Hinkle
John Phelps Peter Dobson
Rufus K. Guinn Chas F. [Emerson?]
Thos. H Potsvin John Hancock
Samuel Wood S. Addison Ennis
G B Grimes
John Grimes Samuel Root
F S Woolly
F. L Marshal S S[ Crandell?]
A. Heoppman
C S. Marshall Hiram Grimes
James V. Gale Lem Wood
Ambrose Morton Lem Mulkins
C. Burr Artz
N. W. Wadsworth Wm T Crowell
Albert. A. Austin Henry Hoffman
Kirk G. Sample E L Potten
Christian Lehman William R Buser
Wm Vance
W. W. Fuller James, Haysham
John V. Gale Robert B Light
J. B [Farreu?] N A [Neis?]
S Seyster I. ll. Cooper
E S Congdon Wm H Young
D C Wagner Daniel Young
Henry [Middelkauff?] Rodney Burnett
D C Stevens
Ezekiel Thayer Thomas Coggins
Franklin Morrill John P. Chapman
Jackson Jenkins [...?] George Lilly
Timothy Eychaneur John Kinney
Harry Eychanner Henry Coggin
George Coggins
Anthony Armitage John Balderson
Jehiel Day Alanson. D. Clark
L. King Hawthorn Daniel Biggers
P R BennettJr Brinckley [Royce?]
D B Stiles F Huntly
Henry [Chestfield?]
Nathan [Bathrick?]
Wm D Earl
Joshua King
William Clemans
John Drummond
Andw J Drummond
Charles Dugdil
John M Goodell
Hiram Van Patten
G. B Rae

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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,