To the Honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States in Congress
assembled
The undersigned petitioners, citizens of the Counties of Jo Daviess & Stephenson in
the State of Illinois respectfully represent.
That a large tract of country, thickly settled, lying between Freeport in the County
of Stephenson and Elizabeth in the County of Jo Daviess in the State of Illinois,
is entirely destitute of mail facilities. we therefore respectfully but earnestly
pray your Honorable body to pass a law establishing a mail route from Freeport in
the County of Stephenson and State of Illinois to Elizabeth in the County of Jo Daviess
in said State, and as in duty bound we bound we will every pray &c
| Names | ||
| Names | J, D, Winters | |
| A. S. Mitchell | J [McDonald?] | |
| Wm Bothwell | Arthur Bell | |
| L, G, Baldwin | Samuel, C, Baldwin | |
| I G Walton | James Dickson | |
| W C Ault | Nathan N Nash | |
| J W Brown | Arthur Tyrrell | |
| T E [J Shell?] | Joseph H Forbes | |
| Thos Allison | Charles North | |
| Abner Campbell | George P Neal | 88 |
| Elijah Coville | Josiah Hundley. | |
| Charles H. Colman | Jason, White | |
| John Orr | Alexr Redpath | |
| John Riches | L. Barrett | |
| [L D, Pierre?] | Joseph Taber | |
| [B. P.?] Miller | John C, Gardner | |
| Albert Provence | Denis Maher | |
| T. H. james | ||
| Jordan, B, Smith | Theodore Winters | |
| Robt Turner | C, White | |
| G H Bonney | [S?], M, [Jennings?] | |
| James Degraff | Chester Morton | |
| James A [Mitchel?] | James Middagh | |
| Thompson Weir | ||
| Davis Robinson | James Martin | |
| Absalom Wilson | Thomas [Mcgruder?] | |
| Frederick, Peay | ||
| B, F, [Aukeny?] | Henry Hermann | |
| Jas E. Houlkes | James E. [?] | |
| [Esy?] Bonney | Wm Logan | |
| James Bell | Frank Bock | |
| Seth [Barber?] | J, S, How | |
| H Curtis | Robt Barker | |
| J. G. B. Johnson | ||
| Joseph Simonds | Thos Cannon | |
| J, S, Woodruff | ||
| P. G Ames | L H Gurley | |
| F Walton | Z H Gurley | |
| W. B. Gillham | Silas Marshall | |
| N Lewis | D F Holmes | |
| Wm [Haney?] | ||
| John Isbell | [?] Chapman | |
| Jos Aiken | Wm R Burk | |
| Chas Marsh | John Winters | |
| A, H, Barrett | Dennis T. [Provin?] | |
| F. G. Wooton | John Parsons | |
| Spry Hartshorn | S M Gilham | |
| A Robinson | F, P, Claypole | |
| Edward [Haucle?] | James, C, T Clapole | |
| Albert Pickering | Wm Sampson | |
| Chas Tracy | Stephen Reid | |
| John Tayber | John Reid | |
| Stephen Tayber | Jas Reid | |
| Joe Tayber | Peirpont Reid | |
| Jack Tayber | Saml Reid | |
| Jim Tayber | Edward Reid | |
| Isac Tayber | Robt Neel | |
| S, A, Matilda | Isaac Wilcox | |
| K. A, F, Snyder | Patrick [Runy?] | |
| John Marshall | John Runy | |
| Morris [Talbin?] | Joseph Runy | |
| Stephen [Bird?] | Saml [Alixin?] | |
| John Robinson | D Murphy D, D, D | |
| G, W, Allen | James H Jewell | |
| G, W, Girdon | John R Madison | |
| G W Armstrong | Samuel Sansom | |
| Josiah Perkins | Wm Malone | |
| Patrick Malone | Franklin Garrow | |
| Patrick Lawler | Joseph Garrow | |
| C. Bell | George Saucer | |
| Daniel B. Craig | Coleman Garvin | |
| George Bowman | Tempe Isbell | |
| Thos, McDarnell | G. B, Isbell | |
| Patrick Gaheen | T, J, Isbell | |
| John B B, Endecott | M. Metcalf | |
| Saml Quintrell | George Pringle | |
| Joseph, Quintrell | Jesse Shelhammer | |
| Thos Mc,Guire | John, Hutcherson | |
| J B Reynolds | Peter Haige | |
| G W Hepperly | John H Wainwright | |
| B F Wilson | Benjamin T spann | |
| I. B Green | William E Hitchcock | |
| Crosby White | 1.59 |
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Illinois
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The Petition of A S Mitchell and ^citizens of Davies & Stephenson Counties Illinois^ other praying for a Mail Route from Elizabeth to Freeport in the State of Illinois
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March 29, 1848 Referred to the committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Reffer to Comty on Post offices & Post Roads
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Thos J Turner
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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,