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To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
Your Petitioners would respectfully represent that the convenience of the public would be much promoted by a daily Mail between Ithaca in Tompkins ^co^ and Bath in Steuben county in the State of New York passing through Trumans Mills and Cayutaville in Tompkins Co, Odessa, Havana and [Towns?] Settlemen in chemung county and Monterey in Steuben county
The above Named vilages are rapidly increasing in population and Wealth, and already a vast amount of business is daily transacted in them and the community Suffer great inconvenience and loss from the Sparseness and infrequency of the Mails.
Your Petitioners would further represent that the route above designated is decidedly the most level, direct and shortest (being about 50 Miles) that can be found between the above Named places and that the Roads are in a sufficiently improved state for the transmission of Mails in Post Coaches, and also that a daily Mail in Stages would Not only increase the busness facilities but greatly add to the Revenue of the Post Office Dapartment.
We therefore pray that Congress will take immediate action upon the Subject as it is demanded by the interest of the Community and the People generally
Names Names
S, C, Decker G. T. Hinman
R P Beebe A Tracy
Nelson Winton Nathan [?]
Samuel G, Crawford. P. L. Mallery.
Charles W. Wentz. S. Clough
Simon Decker [J?] D [Goodin?]
M [T?] Brodrick
John P Compton G, W, McClure
Geo Haight. C Van [Densen?]
E H Goodwin H, D, [Jones?]
A Campbell
G D. Baley. John S Hunckl
C Bennett
Isaac [?] Caleb Hill
Henry Lawrence
W T. Jackson A[?] Clauharty
J. R. Stevens [W?], M [?].
S S [Louly?]
A H Hutchinson C, H, Curtis
Chas Benson J F Phelps
Wm P [?] Charles Cook
William [Skellenger?] John T [Dunker?]
M. Crawford G, [W?], [swanson?]
Wm Mapes.
Thomas Rea J, M, Randall
Danl Evans G, D, Hibbard
And Jackson. G [T?] Erway
J. [Meguine?]. Sydney, S, Decker
Jonat. Pine. [N?]. W. Winton
[Oliver Warner?] Peter Tracy
James B Beardsley D Tracy Jr
T, H, Rush Othniel Beardsley
R [H?] Eastman
S. [?]. R. [Schermerhorn?]
John [Fink?] Charles Brambel
George Foot A M Taylor
[?]. C. Thompson
Wm H Graham H L Allen
A, K, Thompson O M Thomas
George W Smith
[Rawley?] [?]
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New York
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Petition of inhabitants on the route thereof for a post route from Ithaca in Tompkins County to Bath in Steuben Co NY
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December 19, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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Wm T Lawrence
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8-P. O.
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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,