To the Honorable Senate & House of Representatives of the United States.
The undersigned respectfully ask for the establishment of a Mail Route from Kalamazoo
in Kalamazoo County & State of Michigan to Lima in the State of Indiana a distance
of less than sixty miles passing through the following places viz:
From Kalamazoo via of Austins Lake in Portage. 7 miles. Thence to Holland Post
Office (called Vicksburgh) six miles. Thence to the John N Backeys in Brady 4 miles. Thence to Mendon (on the St Joseph River) 7 miles
Thence to Sand Lake 7 miles. Thence to Sturgis Prairie about 10 miles. Thence to
Lima in the State of Indiana 6 miles.
Your petitioners represent that there is now established a mail route from the Mouth of Grand River Grand Rapids in Kent County Michigan to Kalamazoo & also that there is a Mail Route
from Fort Wayne in the State of Indiana to Lima & that by the establishment of the
route asked for by your petitioners a continuous route would exist from Fort Wayne
via of Lima in Indiana, Mendon & Kalamazoo in Michigan to Grand Rapids aforesaid.
And your petitioners will ever pray &c.
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| Names | Residence | Names | Residence |
| Jos Miller Junr | Kalamazoo Michn | minden | St Joseph Co |
| Alexis Ransom P. M. | Kalamazoo | Oliver Bowen | |
| J. W. Breese | Kalamazoo Mich | Asa Fisher | |
| D. B. Webster | " | J C Whaley | |
| [Cor J Wower?] | " | ||
| Wm R Clarke | D. H. [?]Fuller | ||
| Wm C [?]Hayt | Do | Stephen Barnebe | |
| Bill Austin | Stephen Barnebee Jr | ||
| Wm A. Tomlinson | Asa Day | ||
| Wm H Lamb | Eli Beebe | ||
| Benjamin Little | Brady | ||
| John [H?] Barclay | |||
| Charles Brown | |||
| Hervey Padelford | |||
| Charles C Blackman | |||
| Albert Heath | |||
| Sylvester Artell | |||
| Benjamin Artell | |||
| John Evans | |||
| D. C. Ward | |||
| Horatio Stone | |||
| J C Anderson | |||
| X J C Whaley | |||
| Peter Dingmon | |||
| James Barnebee | |||
| Roswell Darling | |||
| W. W. Crippen | |||
| N Lamberson | |||
| John McElvain |
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Michigan
The petition of Citizens of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties in the State of Michigan for a Mail Route from Kalamazoo, in the County of Kalamazoo Michigan to Lima in the County of Lagrange Indiana, via Austins Lake Vicksburg John W Backeys Mendon Sand Lake and Sturgis Prairie.
The petition of Citizens of Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties in the State of Michigan for a Mail Route from Kalamazoo, in the County of Kalamazoo Michigan to Lima in the County of Lagrange Indiana, via Austins Lake Vicksburg John W Backeys Mendon Sand Lake and Sturgis Prairie.
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March 14, 1848,
Com on ^the^ Post Offices and Post Roads
Com on ^the^ Post Offices and Post Roads
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Chas E Stuart
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Right.
Handwritten Document Signed, 3 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,