To the Honorable The Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled
We the undersigned your petitioners of the State of Illinois would Respectfully represent
that, the public good would be advanced by the Establishment of a Mail Route from
Farmington in Fulton Co to Macomb in McDonough County via Fairview, Ellisville & virgil,
Thereby completing a continuous Route from Peoria, Peoria County to the various points
upon the Mississippi ^River^ in a direction desireable and much needed
Macomb Dec 23d 1847| Names | Names |
| Chas Chandler | J. H. Baker P. M. Macomb |
| W. L. Broaddus | Thompson Chandler |
| D [S?] Aaron | D. W. Ferguson |
| J. L. Broaddus | |
| Wm B Miller | G L. Farwell |
| W. H. H. Kyle | J. F. Clarke |
| [Stith?]th Hall | Isaac Grantham |
| J [?] Alan | B. B Head |
| W. D. Penrose | Henry Wolf |
| Thomas C Beard | W. T. Head |
| Samuel Mottly | Robt. F. Anderson |
| James. C. Clarke | James M Campbell |
| P. D. Custer | |
| Joseph Shute | P H Walker |
| L H Kyle | Jno D. [Head?] |
| John Sisk | H S. Head |
| H. G. Cheathan | Thomas Pickett |
| Thomas Adcock | James Creel |
| S S Chapman | Wm B Clark |
| James Hunter | John J Nietsche |
| Samuel G Cannon | J C Roberts |
| T. J. Tongate (junior) | John Smith |
| William Foster | G W Scott |
| J. L Perryman | B. F. Broaddus |
| C. C Lewis | S H McCandless |
| S. M. Lewis | N. E. Phillips |
| Daniel. G. Haines | John K Van Doren |
| Geo Cartwright | Isaac Hageman jr |
| J W Naylor | R. L. Nichols |
| John H Peirsol | George D. Wyckoff |
| David M. Wyckoff P m. ^Fairview^ | |
| Iseral Schoonmaker | A J Rockafellow |
| Wyckoff Hagerman | Andrew Robb |
| Richard Addis | [Tunceis?] Hall |
| Peter Primyea | |
| John L. Voorhees | George Lemon |
| Henry Allant | John S Permyea |
| G. F. H. Wilson | William Lintz |
| S P White | Peter B. Van Arsdale Esq |
| James Robb | Abraham. B. Wyckoff |
| J. S. Foster | |
| William R Burris | Daniel D Miller |
| Joseph Foster | Charles Dally |
| Joseph Alcott | Joseph Belsher |
| Wm. S Merviss | |
| William Perrine | |
| Wm Phillips | |
| Wesley [Hubanks?] | |
| George Sargent | John Swigart |
| John Groenendyke | |
| J. V D. Gaddis | H. V G Voorhees |
| Peter Peirsol | Ralph Polhemus |
| Thos Wyckoff | John P Pouelson |
| Perry Cunningham | Michael F Stout |
| Garrit [?] Polla[?] | C. Ten Eyck |
| William L Cox | |
| Paul C Apgar | Charles C Davis |
| John. G. Voorhees | Isaacc Hagerman Sen |
| James Ellis. | William Hageman |
| Richard Davis | Calvin Reed. |
| Isaac Darland | O Herman C Sanford |
| Joseph Nevins | Nathan P Sanford |
| Henry D Voorhees | Dr John S Stout |
| D Gillmore | John M Durland |
| Charles McClellan | L. B. Hopkins |
| A. D. Wilson | Isaac Rose |
| Daniel Polhemis | |
| John Van nordstram | H. W. Candee |
| G B Van Nortwick | Wm B. Candee |
| John Tipton | Abner Chasteen |
| Wm Marvil | Simon J. Wyckoff |
| Wm Y Van Der Veer | H. Tutle |
| Matthias Sweyle | John S Edmonson |
| Daniel [Rodomer?] | James Mason |
| G. W. Goode | |
| A. R. Gardner P. M. Farmington | |
| F V Grouse | |
| H. Gaylord | |
| Henry S. Austin. | |
| S Christy | |
| Riley Bristol | William J. Phelps |
| Charles Atkinson | A [Moreisn?] |
| J S Christy | Jonah Marchant |
| A. S. Gridley. | L. D. Rounds |
| S P Griffin | L. M. Eldridge |
| E Hall | |
| Robert Crouch | S. M. Mack |
| M B Mason | |
| Gibson Coy | |
| J. M. Burdick | Charles G. Eggleston |
| Fountain Watkins | Wm Corbin |
| Geo. W Cone | Avrey Dalton |
| W. E. Dunn | Russel Stone |
| James Armstrong | Anderson Leaverton |
| H. J. Mc.Farland | M. Heaton |
| H. Reed | Thos Dunn |
| Geo S. Bennet | A K Montgomery |
| James White | |
| Daniel Smith | |
| Luther Hart |
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The petition of 190 citizens of Illinois praying the establishment of a Post Route
from Farmington in Fulton county via Fairview, Ellisville Virgil to McComb in McDonough
county
W A Richardson[ docketing
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Com on Post offices & Post Roads
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Illinois
Petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a mail Route from Farmington McComb.
Petition of citizens of the State of Illinois, praying for a mail Route from Farmington McComb.
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February 14, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Richardson
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MACOMBDEC 27
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Macomb
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,