To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in General
Assembly met:
We, the undersigned, citizens of Jefferson, Indiana, Armstrong and Clearfield Counties,
Pa., do hereby Represent, that we labor under great inconvenience for want of a mail
route from Luthersburg Clearfield County, Pa. (via) Punxsutawney, Schmicksburg, and
Rural Village, to Kittaning, Armstrong County, Pa. Whereas, at this time there is
a Turnpike laid out on this Route and said road almost completed, leading from said
extreme points.
We your petitioners therefore humbly but earnestly solicit your Honorable body to
pass an act to establish said Mail Route, and we as in duty bound will ever pray &c.
| W R [Summer?] | |
| F [Trelly?] | Jo S. Bennett |
| I. Douglass | Henry Smith |
| Jacob Mellion Jr | J G Woodward |
| L. S. Cantwell | John [M’carl?]. |
| Henry. Smith | Philip McCule |
| Samuel Mateer | Henry [Crown?] |
| Hugh Elgin | George [Stuanson?] |
| Samuel Candy | J Clark |
| Jacob Truby | G, B, McFarland |
| J. D. Brown. | John T Nullon |
| Simon Truby Jr. | John Donaldson |
| S B Young | John F [Bowser?] |
| Patrick Owens | |
| P. Kelly | Wm Piper |
| Wm Smith | Joseph F Suigart |
| G Woodward | Daniel Foringer |
| Thos Donaldson | Hugh Miles |
| John Williams | |
| W, C, Mellon | |
| Samuel Semple Cpt | John E Evans |
| William McDermet | G W Ross |
| Abner L Kelly | Elersan Morrow |
| John Semple | Jos [McElvain?] |
| John Venables | James Boyd |
| Andrew Semple | |
| George L Davis | John Wineburegh |
| Robert P. Shields | Daniel Kiphart |
| Alexander Garraway | |
| Patrick Daugherty | David C [Cou-?] |
| John Daugherty | William B [B-?] |
| Azeb Summervill | |
| James Semple | Henry Bigley |
| Stephen H Ross | William Callin |
| John Tithe | David D Phillips |
| Morgan Johnes | Herman Pillson |
| Wm [Sirwell?] | Grant Baron |
| Martin McCandless | John Swigart |
| Gottfriey Dieterly | Abraham Swigart |
| Owen McBride | Robert Campbell |
| William Millen | Robert McCormick |
| James A Woodrow | Chroson Bowser |
| Charles Mclaferty | John Moore |
| George Rees | Mathias Varry |
| William M lay | James R Hull |
| A. Minor | Gottleb [?] |
| James B Sipes | |
| William L Sipes | James Barr St |
| James Smeyer | John Watters |
| Christoph [?] | Geo McLaughlin |
| George Angel | William Hart |
| Casper W. Easly | Peter Kerr |
| Heinrig Knep | |
| Robert Boyd | Robert S Degarmo |
| W. McLaughlin | O P Sloan |
| George [Means?] | Robert hays |
| James Hart. | |
| John Shell | Peter Cline |
| [Isac?] [Khahl?] | [Johannes?] [?] |
| A. Armstrong | |
| John Armstrong | Adam Armstrong |
| Hugh Millar | |
| Joseph Wallace | J. B. Porterfield |
| John Herren | |
| John Beck | [Doilobez?] Kepler |
| Peter Duffy | George Dougherty |
| George Duffy | John Mcbride |
| Stephen McLaffety | Mathis Morrow |
| Thomis Morrow | Manusses Sheridan |
| Jacob Flaner | John Galaher |
| [?] [Bowser?] | John Griffin |
| Samuel [Ludmiegar?] | Lewis Griffin |
| An | |
| Thomas Hart | Andrew Griffin |
| Samuel W Burnbaugh | John robinson |
| Danel. McCurday | Lewis George |
| John Spencer | Wm Brownfield |
| Thomes Be^r^goyne | Wm Nicholas |
| Joseph Claypool | |
| Wm S Fleming | Jacob Barker |
| John [O-?] | Henry Shoup |
| edward Thomas | Isaac Trantz |
| Wm Glass | |
| James Williams | thomas Waterson |
| John Dougherty | George [Morreu?] |
| Johon Langhamer | Joseph Boughan |
| Isaac Walker | John Donnelly |
| Benjamin. F. Bumgardner | JJohn G Smith |
| Gabriel Waterson | [J P?] James Brown |
| Daniel Smeyres | J James Brown |
| Hugh Dugon | |
| John Barge | John F Bowser |
| Geo. Stivenson | |
| Thos Donaldson | Peter Brinks |
| John T Nutton | Isaac Wills |
| F. Kelly | J. H. [Lemon?] |
| Hugh Millar | |
| Wm B. Phillips | Robert Hauck |
| G. W. Nutton | William, Parker |
| Jos R. Gorgas | Laurence Forde |
| Jacob. C. [Hoot?] | Joseph France |
| W R [Linnor?] | John G Stuart |
| George Lynch | |
| Thos Scandrett | J Bogess |
| Daniel Fish | |
| L. S. Cantwell | |
| William Pike | M R Henderson |
| John Turner | |
| C. L. Fouzer | Joseph Shannon |
| David R Mellen | |
| Peter Mann | Saml. Lightcap Jr^Esq^ |
| Sherman Sampson | James Sampson |
| John Shannon | Conrad Camp |
| John Wilson | J, W, Bob |
| John [Wies?] | William Galbreath |
| Wm Furlong | |
| R B. Holmes | |
| Wm Wade Sr | George Baker |
| Henry Sininger | Samuel Fleming |
| Isaac Ridenhour | James M Shannon |
| Joseph Moore | Philip Grinder |
| George Smith Jr | William Fryar |
| John Gourly | N Chapman |
| John Johnston | Mitchel Gibb |
| Andrew Dongen | Henry Aderhold. |
| George Weaver Snr | Daniel Deen |
| Isaac Miller | Samuel Weanaughy |
| Tho Johnston | Allexander Sprout |
| John Black | John Duffy |
| David Speer | David Gill |
| [Mark?]. K. [?] | John N Anthony |
| Abraham Green | Isaac Heck Jnr |
| Thomas [Ormerd?] | Peter Ererigh |
| [Daniel?] [?] | John McMillen |
| J Nicholas Clinger | John Erp |
| John Mc[?] | John Standerford |
| Robert [M?] | |
| James Bowser | John M [clelland?] |
| James Young | J L [?] |
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Petition of Jos S Bennett, Henry Smith, J. G. Woodward & [...?] others, citizens of Jefferson, Indiana, Armstrong & Clearfield Counties, Penna praying for a mail route, from Luthersburg, Clearfield Co. via Punxsutawney, Schmicksburg, and Rural Village, to Kittaning, Armstrong County.
Petition of Jos S Bennett, Henry Smith, J. G. Woodward & [
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January 3, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Job Mann
Printed Document Signed, 3 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,