The subscribers citizens of Washington County Ohio would respectfully suggest the necessity of a new mail route from Waterford to Barlow both in Washington County passing through Watertown ^& stoping at the P.O. in Watertown^ to the post office in said Barlow and back once in each week. This arrangement would furnish the citizens of the townships of Watertown and Barlow with two or three days earlier inteligence and also it is beleived would increase the quantity of mail matter for these two offices and promote the general inteligence of the community under the present arrangement a large portion of the mail matter for these two Offices remain at M^cConnelsville or Marietta untill the weekly mail from those points bring it forward. The distence of the proposed route is twelve miles which could be carried for fifty Dollars or less We think the income of the two offices will pay the [...?] expences of the proposed route. We would propose that the mail start from Waterford Wednesday morning & return in the afternoon (if they have a daily mail from Zanesville to Marietta) if not then to have it carried on Tuesday or Thursday. All of which is Respectfully submitted

[...?] you will perceive by the inclosed that we ar petitioning for a new mail route through our town if you recollect we were speaking to you about it when you was here last summer if you will present this to the proper officers you will much oblidge many petitioners I hope we may get it for we are in need of qucker news

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