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To the honerable members of the Senate and House of represenatives of the united States in Congress assembled
your pertitioners citizens of Marrion Wayne, and Hamelton counties in the State of Illinois Would respectfully represent unto your honors that they live remote from any post office that From Hickory hill in marrion county to Mclainsboro, in Hamelton county is a distance of about thirty Miles through which which Section of county most of inhabitants on account of their great distance from any post office are exclued from the benefits of communications by the mails your pertitioners are of the opinion that Should a mail route be established to run from hickory Hill in Marrion County passing through Wayne County To Mclainsboro in Hamelton county it would be A Source of revenue to the post office Department Would Greatly increase the quantity of Mail Communications and would add much to the Conveniance of persons residing along and in the vincinity of Said proposed route
Wharefore in consideration of the premises your petitioners would pray your Honorable body to Establish a post Route from hickory hill in Marrion County running through wayne county to Mcleanboro in hamelton county Illinois that a post office be establised at Greensville in Said Wayne county on Said route and that John Keen be post master ^and also to stop at Mauldings Mill^ that one Also be establised at Crouches mill in Hamelton County on Said route & that Cloyd Crouch be appointed post master that the mail Be carried once a week Each way on Said route,
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And your petitionsers as in duty bound &c
Ashley T Galbraith 33
Isaac McClelland 1 Wm McConnaha 34
John Milbrin Jun 2 Wesly Mcconnaha 35
Alana Hargrave 3 Robert Clay 36
Samuel Horton 4
William K[een?] 5 Absalom gregory 37
John K[een?] Sen 6 Wm Har[vey?] 38
Joseph Murphey 7 Jese Davis 39
Peter [?]tt 8 Jacob Gregory 40
William Dobbs 9 A J Windle 41
Alphonzo Horton 10 Lee Warren 42
Nathaniel McClure. 11 Currel McConahay 43
Timothy [Hany?] 12 William Irwin 44
James [Hany?] Sr 13 [...?] Wm L. Gash 45
Thos. Milner 14 John Brasetton 46
James Ellis. 15 John Harlin 47
William Ca[?]add 16 Jacob C Gregory 48
Iskel [Hany?] 17 A, B Gregory 49
Francis [Harny?] 18 Obed Reeder 50
Green berry Rattey 19 Stou[?] attebery 51
Wm B Johnson 20 Jacob Gregory Sen 52
Georg Windle 21 Plesant Chrisup 53
Samuel Wood 22 Jonathan Gregory 54
[H?] Cany Watson 23 Lemuel Gregory 55
Blackford Casey 24 G, A. Bradford 56
Robert Holladay 25 Daniel Alexander. 57
Wm Holladay 26 Stephen Cornstubble 58
Simon B, Reeder 27 David Greenwalt 59
Isaac. Dobbs 28 John Milner 60
Lorenzo D, Camp 29 John Henson 61
Isaac Milner 62
Thomas G Broun 30 Alfred Ellis 63
Leander Hargr[ave?] 31 Wm Wiggins 64
H H Braun 32 James Haney 65
James Henson 661
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James Keen 67
Samuel Garrison 68
Wm Ellis 69
Henry Laughlin 70
Amos Donoho 71
Joseph Crook 72
Thomas Murphey 73
Joseph Robinson 74
Mahlon Naney 75
Ezekiah Branson 76
Isaac Garrison 77
John Rudesill 78
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We the under[signed?] postmasters of hickory hill Marion Co & Mauldings Mills Wayne County, Ills are requested by the above pertishioners to State to your hon., boddy that the within mail route prosed Will be an advantage to the citizens of Wayne hamelton Jefferson & Marrion County Ill in regard to mail Communications also as the mail Arives at Hickory hill on Monday morning from the west please Orange this to leave this this point on Tuesday Morning and then pass Each way once a week and [thereby?] the news will be conveyed through the hole line in dew time
Bradley Mills P. m. Hickory Hill IllC C Hopkins P m Mauldings millsJas S Stuart P. M Fairfield Illinois
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Fairfield Ills
4 April
[?] 2ct
Hon John A McClernand m cWashington CtyDC
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Petition
of C. C. Hopkins & Jas. A . Stuart P. Ms & other citizens of Illinois praying the establishment of a Post Route between Hickory Hill in Wayne Co. & MCleansboro in Hamilton Co. Ills
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Illinois
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Petition of C C. Hopkins & Jas. A Stuart and others ^citizens of Marrion, Wayne & Hamlton Cos.^ praying the establishment of a Post Route between hick Hickory Hill in Marion Co. and MCleansboro in Hamilton Co. Ill.
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April 13, 1848 Referred to the committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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Refered to Com. of Post offices & Post Roads.
for Hon A Lincoln
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McClernand
1“67” changed to “66”

Handwritten Document Signed, 5 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,