Enclosed I send you petitions for a mail rout through our neighborhood

Tis on the [Pike?] we were conversing about when you was canvasing the County preveous to your Election

I will Endeavour to give you a little correct knowledge of the location of the mail routs, now in Existence and the one Petitioned for The distance by the Belpre rout [...?]from Marietta to Athens is called by the Post office Department 45 miles the actual distance 49¹/2 miles the distance through Barlow & Plymouth 42 The distance by the Tree Turnpike 40 ¹/2 and the Ma[?] will not be impeded, by the [?]ets of the Hocking City Having made a statement of the distances of the different routs I will endeavour to give you a digram of the rout the upper line is the north Line1 of town [102?] Range 9 10 = 11 & 12

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on that line the Turnpike leaves the Ohio river on a direct course to Federalton Post office where it again intersects the River road The Constitution off[...?] O Post office is located on the river road at the Pointt where the Turnpike leves it The distancs are as follows by the river rout from constitution to Belpre 6 ¹/4 miles Belpre to center Belpre [...?]3³/4 M from Center Belpree to Little Hocking 4 M. Little Hocking to Hocking City 7¹/2 M Hocking City to Federalton 7¹/2 miles whole distance 29 miles. By the Turnpike from constitution to Glendale 5 ¹/4 miles Glen dale to Shaws Corners 2³/4 3 shaws Corners to Decater 5¹/2 M Decater to Federalton 7¹/4 miles whole distance 21¹/2 miles The above may be relied upon as correct If any error will be found it will be in the longest rout which I have made to short by ¹/2 to ³/4 of a M whi we looke to you General to Take charge of the Petitions hand them over to the Post office & Post roads Com & give them such information as you can & write to me if more be needed also if a more enlarged list of Petitioners will be necessary Direct to Constitution Washngton County we feel as though if we fail in the establishing of a mail it will not be from the necssity of the rout but from a want of knowledge of our circumstances by the

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committe to which sSuch things are referred [&?] I thing that Sam^l F Vinton Esq your colloage will be capable &2 willing to

Free.

Centre Belpre

Feb 1