To the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, citizens of county, Ohio, respectfully ask the1 passage of a law by Congress, for a Daily Mail Route from Pittsburgh, Pa., down the Ohio River by Steamboats to some convenient and suitable point, thence west through New-Lisbon, Canton, Massillon, Wooster, to Mansfield. We are asred by competent authority that contracts will be taken for the conveyance, during eleven months of the year, on so much of said route as requires steamboat transportation.
The steady and regular increase of the business and resources of the great west require increased mail facilities, and we respectfully but earnestly ask Congress to grant such an augmentation of the mail service, as will enable, not only the enterprising business man, but community generally, to enjoy the benefits of a Daily communication. The revenues of the Post Office Department, we are persuaded, will be considerably augmented under such an arrangement.
Richard Trotter Jas Mason
C H Mitchell R G Richardson
A J. Begges Washington [?]
Edward Richards George Minton
Auzy White [M?] S. [Hardy?]
Henry Hessin Friederich King
John Scott Robert Johnson
Geo. Was. Adams John [Caugar?]
W. Milner Roberts Geo J Hillerman
John Prosenburn
Wm S. Manfree John Ramsey
Lot Dixon J E Cronel
Jacob [Bird?]
Robt Ranken Peter [Hevner?]
David Begges F Prescott
A. L. Brewer John Kelly
William W. Blocksom Isaac Miller
F. F. Beck.
Joshua Bowman John McCartney
J R Wilson James Kelly
R. H. McMichael J B Mathews
Joseph Couson Henry Richards
William Dorwart
R. J. Haskins

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Ohio
Petition of Jomes Mason & 40. other citizens of Columbiana Co Ohio. in favour of a daily mail rout from Pittsburgh Pa to Mansfield Ohio
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Refer to Come on P. O. & Post Roads
Geo. Fries
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February 18, 1848, Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Fries
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Printed Document Signed, 2 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,