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 mail rout as lies between Federalton, & Constitution Post Offices, & establish a new mail rout, between said offices on the Free Turnpike road, leading from the mouth of Federal Creek in Athens County, to Bailey’s Ferry, in Washington County, & establish the followed named Post offices on said rout, & ^appoint^ the herein after 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 first above mentioned mail rout, to the said Constitution office.
Walter McFarland Delansee Robinson John McCraig
John W Farnar C Wilhelm James Haddow
Petr Wattersen Benjo Robbins J. P. Dutton.
H. E. Vincent Robt [?]
Rufus Parsons Elias G Stiles Warren Selby
John Palmer Daniel McArthur Henderson Lawrence
Burres Crenson Mitchel Hall J W Gocum
Benjamin [Cre?] David Breackinridge James Reid
Andrew Crenson Thomas. P. Eddy.
Robert Brekenridge Wm Marshy Thomas Powell
N. C. [Goodno?]
Edward Lawlor John Witterson James Ormiston
George Turner
Hugh Greenlas S A [Bryan?]
Robert Dunlap P. H. Carr
Duncan Drain R. L. Carr
James McRamsay William Irwin
B E Gorham Stephen D Cooper
David Loynachon Samuel [?]
James Irwin Duncan Shaw
Wm Ormiston J. E. Gorham
John Vincent James Brown
William Vincent Neil McGill

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,