The petition of the undersigned citizens of the counties of Montgomery, Bucks and Lehigh, in the State of Pennsylvania,

Respectfully Sheweth, That whereas our community labor under an inconveniance for want of a Mail route between the village of Sumnytown, in the county of Montgomery, and the village of Emaus, in the, county of Lehigh, a distance of Eightteen miles, and whereas a line of Stages have recently been established and are now running regularly three times a week between those places, We, the undersigned, do respectfully pray your honorable bodies to establish a mail route between Sumnytown and Emaus, the above mentioned places, the mail to be, carried three times a week each way in Stages, and we will pray, &c.