To the Senate & House of Representatives in Congress assembled
We the undersigned would respectfully represent, that the public interest requires the establishment of a Post road from Blanchard to Wilson in the County of Piscataquis State of Maine, the distance of which is five miles, that by establishing this as a Post road a mail route will be formed from Augusta to Greenvill that will shorten the distance ten miles as it is, at present carried.
Paul S. Merrill P. M. BlanchardJ. G. Butler P M WilsonChas. M. Gower P. M GreenvilleRichmond Lonny P. M. Shirley

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Maine
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Petition ^citizens of Piscataquis Co^ praying P. S. Merrill et alii for Mail Route from Blanchard to Wilson Piscataquis Co. Me.
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April 15, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Wiley

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,