December the 25 AD 1847To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled.
We the undersigned petitioners of Steuben County Indiana respectfully represent that
the public necessity requires that your Honorable body establish a Mail Rout commencing
at Lima I.a. and extending by way of Lexington to Jackson, Steuben ^&^, Hamilton of aforesaid State. Thence to Saint Joseph, William’s Centre, Washington,
^&^ Bennersburgh, to Defiance Ohio, Intersecting the Southern Mail from1 Cincinnatti by way of Miami Canal: which opens a direct communication to Chicago
Illinois and the western part of the United States. And by so doing your Petitioners
will ever pray ^to be Carried at Least once a weak^
| Luther Cleland | L D Perkins | |
| Orrin. Deming | ||
| Wooster McMillan | R. Willard | |
| James Perfect | Samuel Carter | |
| John Long | ||
| Jonathan Thomas | ||
| William Bown | Alonzo P Clark | |
| J O Bown | Lorenzo Mead | |
| Norman Gardner | David Murray | |
| William. Chittenden | Gideon Ball | |
| P P Steward | ||
| James Carter | [Orlanto?] J. Howard | |
| [?] [Gr?] | ||
| Theo. Jackson | John B Morrison | |
| S. M. Grange | Aaron Smith | |
| Curtis Durlam | Angus M Kinlay | Elias Hewey |
| Wm Butler | ||
| J O Glover | ||
| Lewis Carter | Ira [Gur-?] | |
| S. W. Murray | Jeremiah George |
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01/24/1848Steubenville Ia Jan 24th 1848Mr RockhillSir
01/24/1848Steubenville Ia Jan 24th 1848Mr RockhillSir
I am requested to send you this petition and wish you to use your influence to get
it passed, the present session of Congress
The route is an important one and if granted would without doubt pay the expense of
transporting the mail
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Indiana
Petition of Luther Cleland, and other ^33^ Citizens of Steuben County Ind, praying the establisment of a Post Rout.
Petition of Luther Cleland, and other ^33^ Citizens of Steuben County Ind, praying the establisment of a Post Rout.
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February 28. 1848
Committee on the Post office and Post Ro roads.
Committee on the Post office and Post Ro roads.
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Rockhill of Indiana
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Hon William RockhillM. C. WashingtonSteubenville IaJan 24
Handwritten Document Signed, 4 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,