To the Honerable the Senate and House of Representatives of the united Satates in Congress assembled
The petition of the undersigned citizens of the County of Montgomery, Bucks and Lehigh,
in the State of Pennsylvania.
Respectfully Sheweth That whereas, our community labors under an inconveniance fore 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 Eighteen 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 hounable bodies to establish a Mail route between Sumnytown and Emaus the above Mentsioned places, the Mail to be carried three times a week each way in Stages and we will
pray, &co.
John H. Oberholzer | Chas Hillegass |
Samuel W Weiss | |
Reuben S. Sheetz | Jo[nl?] Wolf |
Jesse Gery | |
Mahlon Schoch | Daniel Hillegass |
David Levy | [Saml?] [Lunig?] |
Charles Schantz | John Keiper |
[?] | William Hillegass |
[?] | [?] |
Edwin. D. Schoch | William More |
Henry Stauffer | Johann [?] |
Reuben Gery | [Johannes?] [?] |
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Daniel [Moll?] | [?] |
Philip [D?]uper | [Johannes?] [?] |
Jesse Fries | Jacob [?] |
Solomon Erney | |
Enos Reader | Rüban[Gilligass?] |
Daniel [?]ffer | [?] |
Elias Sherer | Samuel Troxel |
Daniel [?] | Manuel Wolf |
Jacob Miller | George Heilig |
Joseph Miller | [Albert?] Bo[g?]en |
Samuel. C. Roeder | Wm C Roeder |
Davi[d?] [?] | |
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[?]B[äum?] | |
Jacob Hillegass | |
Jonl Gilligas | |
George Sannebecker | |
Henry Kline | |
L. P. Ref[ineider?] | |
Samuel Missmer | |
Christian Shelby | |
Samuel Kline | |
Nathan Lavy | |
Samuel Stauffer | |
John T Bach | |
Leonard Staufer | |
[?] | |
Jacob D[?] | |
Benja Gery | |
Anthony Krauss | |
Nathan Nuss | |
Elias [?] | |
Edwin Weidner | |
James S Heist | |
George Yeakel | |
[?] | |
John Wolford |
Handwritten Document Signed, 3 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,