To the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled—To the first Assistant Post Master General
PlainsDec 14th 1848
We the undersigned inhabitants of the county of Ionia and State of Michigan would
respectfully request that Post Route No 3759 running from Ionia through Wheatland Otisco to Greenville ^and, Montcalm^ in the county of Montcalm be so altered as to commence at Lyons in said County thence
to North Plains P. Office thence through the town of Ronald westerly to Wheatland
in the township of Orleans being the point of the intersection of said Route This
alteration will not delay any mail matter intended for the post offices of Wheatland
Otisco & Greenville but will accommodate the inhabitants of the township of Ronald
as well as supply the post office at North Plains by increasing the distance of the
said Route No 3759 only five miles as will appear by the diagram hereunto annexed
while the five mile Route from Lyons to North Plains P. Office will be merged in the
alteration nor will a single P. Office be omitted which which is now supplied by the said Route No 3759
Zina Lloyd P. M. MapleHiram Brown P. M. North PlainsDec 14th 1848
| G S J[ohnson?] | |
| Adam L Roof Post Master Lyons |
W. Z. Blanchard P M Fox |
| Richard Dye P M at Ionia |
Jos S Freeman |
| Benjamin Harter | Louis [S?]. Lovell |
| Wm Kitts David Balde |
Benjamin Sherman Register of Ionia Land Office |
| T S Freeman | Cyrus Lovell |
| Hampton Rich | George [Laucks?] |
| Lora C Jenks | R. L. Russell |
| Jas Averrey John Ra[ns?]om |
Frederick Hall Receiver of Public Moneys Ionia Mich |
| Wm Wo[od?] | |
| Horace Wood | Joel C Green P M |
| Jesse Wood Jr | Samuel T. [Kidd?] |
| Na[?][Redington?] | E. P. Brown |
| George [?] [Redington?] | A[dam?] B[?] |
| Henry Smith | Milo [K?] Cody |
| Henry F Hull | Wm. [R?] Kidd |
| Ezra Hull | D [W?] Bennett |
| Dawin Ely | Joseph Allen |
| [Ton?]son B Mosher | Peter Hull |
| L J Mos[her?] | Alonson Snow |
| Matthew Van Vleck | William Mosher |
| A Van Vleck | Lockwood Clark |
| John D Ingalls | [?] Timothy A Tup[?] |
| David Dodge | WmJennings[?] |
| Thomas B Millard | A. C. Hawley |
| Melvin B. Allen | Eli Dalrymple |
| Alexander. W. Dodge | Benjamin Frieze |
| A B Runyan | William Hamilton |
| P. L. Jennings | Abraham Pulver |
| El[?]ander W Dodge | William Herington |
| Geo [?] Brown | Ralph Ely |
| Lemuel Allen |
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The Dept considers this to be a change that it cannot order. It is tantamount to the establ of a new route, which Congress only can [inate?]. Besides the propriety & [?] of having this route from ^a place at [this?] [relative?] importance it^ Ionia is doubted.
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20 Jan. ’49—Mich
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3759
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Montcalm [to?] Ionia—28 m 1 an
P. Hacket
$117
P. Hacket
$117
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Hon Mr Stuart leaves petition to end at Lyons and to embrace new office at Ronald
and North Plains P M. North Plains says distance will be increased some 3 ms. Pro
rata for 5 ms. is $20 a year. North Plains is a special office and yields $25.
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Michigan
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The petition of Citizens of Ionia County Michigan that a mail route be established,
commencing at Lyons in said County & running thence to North Plains Post Office,
thence through the Town of Ronald westerly to Wheatland in the Township of Orleans
in the same County. Chas E Stuart
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February 8, 1849 Referred to the Committee on th e Post Office and Post Roads.
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Com on Post offices and Post Roads.
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For Mr. Ferguson
Chas E Stuart
Chas E Stuart
Handwritten Document Signed, 5 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