To the Honorable Senate & House of Representatives of the United States.
The undersigned citizens of Washington & Athens Counties Ohio, hereby petition your
Honorable Body for the following alteration in the mail rout between Athens in Athens
County & Harmar in Washington County, viz: Vacate so much of said rout as lies between
Federalton & Constitution Post offices, & establish a new rout between said offices
on the “Free Turnpike road, leading from the mouth of Federal Creek in Athens County,
to Bayley,s Ferry in Washington County, & establish the following post offices on
said rout, & appoint the following named persons Post Masters, viz: Decatur, in Decatur Township Philip Shrader jr, Post Master, Veto, in North Belpre, Daniel Shaw, Post Master, Glendale, in Warren Township Abisha Cole Post Master. And also extend the mail rout between
Harmar & Gallopolis from Coolville, where it now intersects the mail rout, first above
mentioned to the said Constitution office
December 5th 1848.Samuel Knox | Warren Root | James Jonson |
Thomas Mclaughlin | Richard Cook | Eras [Tisneevel?] |
Joh Isaac Shrader | Samuel Lappin | Bengamen Wyer |
Worthy Johnson | Bengamen [?] | |
James Smith | ||
John Gideons | Wm Burnside | James Wyer |
C J Lorains | David Shrader | Henry Dortin |
Joseph Wilson | Shelton Dunbar | Rodom Wyer |
A J Hayner | John Irwin | Francis W [Krozby?] |
Neil McTaggart | ||
Mordecai Thomas | Neil McKay jr | Jas Ormiston 3d |
John Miles | James McKay | George Beswick |
A Johnson | Neil McKay | Wm H Bishop |
Horace Root | Chas Cooper | |
Oliver Root | Philip Biddeson | |
Wm Cooky | Jas Mendenhall | |
Thos Biggins |
Handwritten Document Signed, 1 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,