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Paulding Miss Feby
Feb 26th 1848Sir
Your letter s Your letter stating the reasons why “the mail Route from Paulding to Mobile [direct?] did not go into opperation,” has been receved[;?] [I offer?] the citizens of East mississippi through me to call your attention to the Routs in opperation between these two points and see if they will answer the object in view
Rout No ^57, 65^ Jackson C H to Paulding Rout [No?] 5762 Paulding to Union Rout No 5702 Union to Jackson Miss Making 14 days from Mobile Ala to Jackson Miss & 10 days from Mobile to Paulding a distance of 12o Miles
The citizens have partitioned the Legislature of this state [...?] two years ago & they sent resolutions to Congress to establish the same rout
Nearly all the Business of the Eastern portion of Mississippi is transacted in Mobile and ten days is as quick as a letter can go by regular mail
I would suggest that Hon A G Brown be consulted & if necessary a petition of one thousand names of the business & [...?] Interested Men in this immedate section & could be immedatly sent you if that would be of any avail. The Establishment of the Mail Rout from Paulding to Mobile direct via Leaksvill will be of considerable profit to the department for now all the
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letter are sent by Hand
We Pray that the Rout from Paulding to Mobile via Leaksvill direct may be Established [...?], we know the department is under a wrong understanding or we think it would have been in opperation long ago
your truly[J?]. D. Knox, Post Master
Thomas. W. Grayson, Merchant Thos Chapman Grocer
H. F. Miller Tailor James A. Chapman C. C. C. I. C.
Madison Overstreet Grocer W G [Caudiff?] ‘Grocer’
A. G. Cotton, M, D. John C. Heidelberg Atty at. Law
R H [Dozin?] M D. F, M, Hicks Mcht
W, H, Edmonson, mcht, J. J. Garrett mcht.
John Lightsey Planter S. [T?]. Street, Printer
Jeptha Williams Planter J B [Chrisman?] Printer
Urlson Huckerby Planter Alonzo G. [Mayer?] Atty at law.
H K Long Sadler M Felton Merch.
Simeon R Adams R N Hough Planter
Editor Eastern Clarion, Paul
ding, Mississippi. 		James Bunch Planter
William Easterling Planter
George Round [Grocer?] Neal, Monroe, Planter
Andrew J Read, Planter Jno. S. [Hobson?] Planter
Edwin [S?] Read, Mechanic Henry M Round, Printer
J, S. Shannon A B
W. P. [Chesey?] Sheff I. C.
George L. Lightsey Planter
We would suggest that the following schedule be taken so as to have it connect with the Routs from Paulding to Jackson
Leave Paulding Miss evry Monday Morning 4 am
Arrive at Mobile Ala evry Thursday 12m
Leave Mobile Ala evry Thursday 2 PM
Arrive at Paulding Miss evry Sabath 9, PM
This will give a connection from Mobile to Jackson Miss in six day instead of 14 day[J?]. D. Knox P. M.Paulding Miss
Feb 28th 1848

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,