To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled,
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 inconvenance 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.
Solomon. L. Holden Michael C. Boyer
David Gehman Thomas Getz
Charles Schanley
Aaron. Huber Reuben Bro[o?]
Charles [Klien?] [?]
Charles Mohr Jacob Seheinley
George Baehm [?]
Da[?] Guly Jonathan Schanley
Abraham Meyer John Mclennon
Jacob [?] Jonas Schankweiler

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John Weiss Samuel Krauss
Jonas Mangold Levi [Gerhard?]
William Schanly [?] [Weiss?]
Jacob Reichenbach Nicodemus Ge[hos?]
John Frech [Johannes?] [?]
Amos Weitner [?]
Jacob Krauss Solomon Shiffert
Jasa Stahl Jacob [?]
Joseph Yeakel Henry Schell
Nathan Carl
June Schell Adam [?]
William Sheffard Charles Stholl
[?] William Trump
Henry He[?] Samuel Carl
Franklin [Goss?] [?]
Aaron Bauer
Abraham Hallman B[?] H [?]
Jacob Seibert Charles Hillogass
[?]
Jacob Miller
Samuel Ditton
[?] Gahm Ditton
[Hinry Rinken?]
Harry Schantz
John G Schantz
[Johann ?] [?]tz
[?] [Inkquist?]

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,