The Petition of the undersignes inhabitants residing in Windham and its vicinity in the County of Windham in the state of Vermont humbly sheweth and represent that a cross mail from West Townshend North to Windham center a distance of Seven Miles is verry much needed to accomode the public, for the following reasons, that as the mail now runs only passes through the North part of said Windham which is taken at Grafton, East of Windham thence West through the north part of Windham to Landonderry lying on its West, having to pass over a mile out to the center of Windham where there is a P. office leaving the greater part of its inhabitants, off from its rout and only receives the Bellowes Falls mail at Grafton, and as a large Majority of the inhabitants of Windham reside south of its center, and much or nearly all of their business is to West Townshend, [Farneuise?], Wendsboro, East Townshend, New Fane (the County seat for said County) and Brattleborough all Lying southwardly of Windham and as the mail now rus from West Townshend to get to Windham has to pass through East Townshend and Grafton to Windham Center a distance of Twenty miles when if it could pass direct from West Townshend through South Windham would be but seven Miles, & on the most travelled road through said Town, and would accomodate south Windham which is about half way between West Townshend and Windham center, that a post office is much needed at south Windham to accomadate the inhabitants in its vicinity it is a small Village with a store, a few mechanicks, with

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a publick House of Worship, where one of the obleist Baptist Churches in the Woodstock Baptist Association constant meet for the worship of God, That from sixty to a hundred News papers and periodicals are taken by the inhabitants residing in its vicinity which are mostely brot to said village and there distributed, with letters and other mail matter in proportion, that from Seventy five to a hundred & twenty five families reside within two or three miles of said village mostly farmers, their central place of business is at said Village, and as we believe the revenue areseing from that community to the department would defray the expenses of said rout if established we believe they are justly intitled to its benefits,

Your Petitioners therefore Pray that a cross mail from West Townshend North to Windham Center, 7 miles ^be established^ and that a Post office be established at South Windham Rev. Charles H. Green be appointed Postmaster, to run twice a week at such times & hours as will best accomode the public, and as in duty bound will ever Pray