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Portwashington Tuscarawas Co Ohio
To the Postmaster General at Washington City, D.C.
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represent that their interest and convenience require the location of a mail line from Chili 2085, (in Coshocton County Ohio) to Bakersville 8 miles Buckhorn 5 miles Portwashington 5 miles Gilmore 5 miles Cadwallader (2104,) 7 miles. 30 miles. Once a week leave Chili every Friday 8 a.m. arive at Cadwallader same day 7 p.m. leav Cadwallader every Saturday 8 a.m. arive at Chili same day 7. p.m. your petitioners therefore pray that proper steps may be taken to establish said line and we will ever pray
December 15th 1848
Names of petitioners Names of petitioners
A. T. Cross Richard Stoeker
G. W. Dingman P. M. Pt. Washington Andrew Stewart
R. R. Donnelly John Gross
John Knight
Joseph Duncan
Joseph Conrad S. S. Demuth
H. A. Demuth
Hiram Clay James M Earley
Wm [Hamilton?]
James Little Dorsey Wilson
Paul [?] Allen Gaskill
William Voorhees G. L. Campbell
Thornton McFee Wesley Vugen
Adam. H. Moore
David Welsh F. C, Taylor
T [Z?] Gibbons Robt Hill
John Kilgore A. R. McCall
[?] McFee [?]
A. Vinton Thos [?]
A. Sperling
P. Vinton
Jos S Burr
H. Davis
Thomas Dixon
Thos J Best
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The petition of G. W. Dingman & 330 other citizens praying for the Establishment of a post rout from Chili in Coshocton co. Ohio via Bakersville, Buckhorn’, Port Washington & Gilmore to Cadwalider in Tuscarawas co. O.
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Refered to Com. on post office & post roads 22 Jany[?]. 49J,.D, Cummins
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G. W. Dingman & others, Petition for Post Rout

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, Â