We the undersigned petitioners, a part of whome labour under verry great inconvenience in regard to Mail facilities living at a great distance from any Post Office, would humbly represent to the Post office department at the City of Washington, that a mail Rout might be established from west Port in Jackson county mo. to Harrisonville in Van Buren County which would be of verry great service to your petitioners in releving them from their embarrased condition and could be no disadvantage to the Government, if the prayer of your petitioners should be granted you petitioners would recomend that two post offices be established one at James B. Yeagers in Jackson county to be called High Blue the other at William Baileys in Van Buren county to be called Baileysville, for the above mail rout and post offices to be established, we your petioners in duty bound would ever pray.