To the Honourable Congress of the United States of America assembled at the City
of Washington.
JAN ^23^1
Th undersigned Citizens of the County of Defiance and state of Ohio, Pray Your Honourable
Body to pass an act establishing a post Road from Tiffin in Senaca County Ohio via
Bascum & Rome in said county; and Risdon and Van Buren in Hancock county thence along
the road leading along the south Shugar Ridge to Abraham Baughmans in Putnam County,
thence to Medary in said Putnam county, thence the road leading to Defiance in Defiance
co: you Petitioners would represent that that there is no postoffice from Van Buren afore named to Defiance except Medary
the distance being 44 miles and the Medary office is supplied from the south and that
there is no route runing East and west through a Teritory of 27 Miles between the
Blanchard fork of the Auglace river to the Maume river whilest the ^w^hole distance is Setled; for this your Petitioners is in Duty bound to pray,
| Petitioners Names | Petitioners Names | Names |
| J M Stilwill | E A. Greenlee | George Smith |
| Alvaro Evans | Geo W. B. Evans | S. H. Greenlee |
| J. C. Terry | Jno. H. Crowell | Ira Freeman |
| C L Noble | David [Wetler?] | H N Stites |
| O Shead | E. Touler | John B Deardorff |
| H Cutleudell | Finlay Strong | Ronjn Rmbacher |
| R. Evans | J. C. Woodward | S M McCordy |
| P. W. Kennedy | J. G. Fridrich | A. L. Gray |
| Jacob I. Greene | J P Ayers | Geo. B. Way |
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| H. C. Bouton | ||
| John Shirley | ||
| L. Dunkle | ||
| C Lieser | ||
| Wel. Forest | ||
| M. P. Bell | ||
| John Youme | ||
| J. B. Hacker |
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Free
Honr Wm SawyerM.C.washington cityDEFIANCE O.JAN ^23^1
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ohio
Citizens of Defiance Co. Oho
Citizens of Defiance Co. Oho
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Petetian for a mail Rout from Tiffan in Senaca co by way of Bascam & Rome to Defiance
in Defiance co ohio
Refered to the cont on Post offices & Post roads
Refered to the cont on Post offices & Post roads
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February 28. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Mr Sawyer
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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,