To the Honerable the House of Reppresentatives in Congress assemble
we the undersigned partitioners would Reppresent to your honers that we Labour under
Great incanvenance for the want of a post Rout from Kirksville Adair county ^Mo.^ to Mila Milan in Sullovan County ^Mo.^ a Distance of about forty five miles through populous part of our Country we do pray pray your Honerable ^body^ to Exstend the above named ^rout^ by the way of Elys Mills as in duty bound will ever pray
November 23 AD 1848| Names | Names |
| David. A. Ely | |
| Jonathan Mcvingar | Moses Bradshaw |
| Jonathan A [Michel?] | Avery Wood |
| Andrew Grist | Enoch Burns |
| Isaac [Novïngen?] | James Cox |
| George Shott | George N Burns |
| David Capps | Robert Burns |
| Henry Capps | John lewis |
| George Thorpe | William E True |
| Thomas Lay | Henry Shibley |
| Louis Lay | J B Shibley |
| Nathan Lay | John Shibley |
| Mathias Brayles | Jacob Eby |
| James Booth | |
| Lewis Wattens | George S Shibley |
| Daniel [tadel?] | John H Wright |
| Austin Pierce | Phinehas Tade |
| J. S. [?] | Peter Brownell |
| Isaac bradshaw | Peter Nichols |
| James. W Claybrook | John Allister |
| John Scobel | Daniel Michael |
| W M Wood | William Kerby |
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This Petition to be referred to the committee on Post offices and Post Roads
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Willard P Hall
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| Wm [McPhetridge?] | Stephen B. Conner |
| Erastus Rice | Allen Hayden |
| Miles. B. Burns | Wm Feydon |
| John Line | David James |
| John Shaver | B. Hansaker |
| Bennet Allerback | |
| [Druery?] Wells |
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Missouri
Petition of Citizens of Adair county Mo, praying for the establishment of a mail route
Petition of Citizens of Adair county Mo, praying for the establishment of a mail route
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January 12, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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W P Hall
Handwritten Document Signed, 4 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,