To the Hon Cave JohnsonP. M. G.Sir
The subscribers respectfully request, that a mail route may be established from Carthage
Jefferson County N.Y. to Adams in the same Co, passing by Copenhagen, Tylerville, Whitesville to Adams, a distance of 27 miles.
This route will connect with the Rome, Syracuse & Oswego route at Adams, & with the
Ogdensburgh & Utica route at Carthage, uniting three important & growing villages,
Adams, Copenhagen, and Carthage
Date 1 Dec 1848| [Saul?] Gilbert | [Patk?] [Somerville Seward?] |
| Amos Willis | |
| H Hooker | [?] McCollom |
| John [Farr?] | James P [ |
| Minore Guyot | |
| Arnas Choate | Wm Bones |
| E. A. Hammond | Eli White |
| Martin Rugg | |
| [Jrd?] Miller | Wm A. Peck |
| [Beyalell?] Tripp | |
| Saml A Budd | S. C. Hopkins |
| Reuben Rice | O. H. Warren |
| Saml J. Davis | R. R. Rice |
| A. H. Johnson | |
| Frank Gatteau | |
| H. Farrington | E. Horr |
| George B. [Walter?] | H Farrington Jr |
| Calvin Decker | |
| H. W. Kilborn | Jared A Kilborn |
| H. L. Chambers | |
| Jas W Smith | |
| Lyman Shew | C. S. Smith |
| John Campbell | |
| Joseph Herrick | Seth French |
| Edson Sanders |
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Petition of inhabitants of Jeff Co, NY, for a mail route carthage to Adams
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January 11, 1849 Referrd to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads.
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Com on the P Office & Roads
Presented by W Collins
Presented by W Collins
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Collins
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,