January the 15th 1848to the Honorable Congress of the united States
through the [politness?] of the honorable Mr Rockhill we the under signed Citizens do pray your honors to
grant us a post rout from, muncie in dellaware county indiana to [Elaxander?] in madison county on the muncie and Lafayett State Road and thence to Either cocome
on [wild?] cat or to the county seat of [...?] Tipton County as we do labour under ^Great^ in conveniency for the want of the same and believe it to be of general utility and we your humble
petitioners will ever pray and soforth
we would be glad to have a post office on plesant run in dellaware county call the pleasant Run post office
| petitioners Names | No | petitioners Names | |
| Moses Shepherd | 1 | ||
| 2 | John D. Jones | 20 | |
| Robert Wills | Wm C. Shepherd | 21 | |
| John McLaughlin | 3 | Thomas T Shepherd | 22 |
| John Parker | 4 | John Garner | 23 |
| Job Garner | 5 | James Walles | 24 |
| Wm Adamsons | 6 | John Noble | 25 |
| Wm Wilson | 7 | John [?]sley | 26 |
| Joseph Thompson | 8 | Jacob Cline | 27 |
| James Childs | 9 | Hugh Finley | 28 |
| Isah frazure | 10 | 29 | |
| William Reed | 30 | ||
| John [G?] vennaman | 11 | John Antrim | 31 |
| Abram Smith | 12 | Daniel B Shepherd | 22 |
| William Stout | 13 | Solomon Mclaughlin | 33 |
| Amos Janney | 14 | George [?] | 34 |
| George Chiles | 15 | Jacob [?]ist | 35 |
| Rolen Chiles | 16 | Samuel M[cune?] | 36 |
| harry Runion | 17 | Thomas Hankins | 37 |
| Abraham Hawk | 18 | Aaron Adamson | 38 |
| Thomas Palmer | 39 | ||
| Archibald Parker | 19 | William Reed | 40 |
| Daniel vanbuskirk | 41 | ||
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| Jerrey Right | 42 | ||
| Oliver P Jones | 43 |
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Citizens of Muncie, Ind.
petition of Moses Shepherd [and?] forty two others praying the establishment of a Post. Route, from Muncie in Delawar^e^ County Indiana, to the County seat of Tipton in the State afforesaid.
petition of Moses Shepherd [
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March 4, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Referred to the Committee on the Post, office and Post Roads.
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Right.
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Presented by Rockhill of Indiana
Handwritten 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,