To the Honorable the SenateAnd House of RepresentativesIn Congress assembled.
The undersigned citizens of the counties of Brown and Pike, State of Illinois respectfully
represent, That they suffer great inconvenience for want of a Mail Route from Mount
Sterling Brown county to Griggsville, Pike county via Gerish’s Mill and the town of
Perry. The said mail route would greatly advantage an extensive district of country
now destitute of mail facilities and we believe would remunerate the government for
the expense of transporting the mail on the same. The road is a good one and if declared
a mail route will soon be made better. And we will ever pray &c
| John Bigler | |
| James Sander[?] | |
| Daniel Pitman | William Stableton |
| David [Six?] | Daniel Kendrick |
| J. W. Hutchison | Clark Dennis |
| H. C. Pangle | B. D. Stout |
| John. C. Hedenberg | |
| William [Anlgur?] | Wm. F. Parker |
| John. A. Bell | [?] |
| S. P. Beckman | Geo. S. Myers |
| Thos S. Brockman | [James?]. Nye |
| Spencer Lowden | Elias Tehane |
| G W Ishmael | James Brockman |
| Benjamin Kendrick | F, K Atchison |
| George W Coppage | P. P. Brown |
| David Stewart | Winslow Parker |
| John Stevenson | David B. Winslow |
| John S Bailey | George ^W^ Winslow |
| Johnson Leeper | Zebulon Winslow |
| John, H, Brockman | Moses Winslow |
| Robt D[awson?] | |
| James S Irvin | |
| Jno, P, Nye | |
| John C Byrns | |
| C C Allen | |
| Roger Sullivan | |
| John Sweeney | |
| John Sullivan | |
| Thomas Ohara | |
| James Gallagher [?] | |
| Robert McCoy | |
| Jno P. Rich[mond?] | |
| Thomas Scanland | |
| George W. Goffman | |
| Sewall Geirish | |
| Hiram More | |
| Absalom Gurish | |
| Lewis Dorman | |
| William Groves | |
| Joseph Groves | |
| Peter Greenlief | |
| Jacob Groves | |
| Moses Slattery | |
| Wm M Cormick |
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Illinois
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The Petition of sundry Citizens of Brown & Pike Counties Illinois praying the establishment
of a mail route from Mt Sterling in Brown co to Griggsville in Pike co
W A Richardson
W A Richardson
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Com on Post offices & Post Roads
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April 20, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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,