We the undesigned petitioners, citizens of the Parishes, Catahoula Rappiedes and Natchitaches, in the state of Louisiana;

Respectfully Represent to your Honorable body we labour under maney disadvantages owing to the scarcity of Mail routs and Post offices in our section of the Union. Many of of the undesigned citizens of this petition resides from twenty-five to fifty miles to the neareset post office, [Wherefore?] we pray your Honorable Body to astablish a mail Rout (and put in operation the one that is already established) from Harrisonburgh in the Parish of Catahoula to the town of Natchatoches the Mail to be carried once a week and the following Post offices on the said rout [(ss)?] and at [...?] ^Kornsvill^ twenty five miles from Harrisonburgh and at [Desgdemonia?] fourty five miles from Harrisonburgh, and at [Thompson spring?] thirty miles East of Natchitoches

We would also inform your Honorable ^Body^ that there is a large public Road running over high ground the whole extent of this rout, and passible during all seasons of the year it being the principle rout of travel from several of the Eastern Western states to the State of Texas And we hereby instruct our senators in Congress and Representatives the Honorable

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John, H, Harmanson to use all fair and Honorable meanes to effect the greanting by Congress the prayer of this petition and for which we your petitionsers will ever pray &c