To the honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled:
The petition of the subscribers citizens of the Townships of Sadsbury and Bart (and parts adjacent); in the County of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, respectfully showeth: That your petitioners suffer much inconvenience for want of a post rout; from the Gap (Gap P. Office Jos. B. Baker P. M.) in Sadsbury Towp., to the village of Georgetown (Bart P. office, Hannah H. Quigg P. M.) in Bart Towp. (Embracing a distance of five miles), for a mail to traverse the same, ^two^ three times per. week: the expense of carrying said mail not to exceed the sum of Fifty Dollars per annum;—at which rate a contractor can be found in the vicinity. All which we Respectfully submit to your consideration
James Calwell Esqr John B Baughman
Wm G. Ferree Wm K. Clark
John Martin M.D. James P Russel
Saml Baughman
Peter Miller
John [Quigly?] Taggert Amos Rockey
George Knox Mathew Kennedy.
Mercer Whitson
Philip Ritz James Moore
Geo. Starrett.
H T Baughman John[Pickel?]
Jesse MCallister Collins Hamer
John Alexander Hiram Kinsey
John Tyler
Noah B Mcguire Joseph Whitson
[William S?]
Wm [Cormer?]
Charles Di[?] George Baughman
Joseph MClure
Saml S. Baughman William Pheneger
Isaac Wagoner Robert A Crawford
Alfred Williams John C Morgan
Samuel. P. Baughman William Pickel
Benjamin Baxter Green Stanton
Richard Boyd Henry [He?]ylor
Joseph [Samuelson?] Wm McCanna
Morris Cooper William Mc[minon?]
Henry McCanna Jonaken Black
John Riale
George Peirce Charles Milford
Henry Roberts
Henry Baughman H. L. Rockey.
Jacob. W. Snyder Benjamin Weaver
J [B?] Crawford Charles Brown
Joseph Hughs J. M. Freeland
Joseph Baughman John Buyers
John Davis Hiram B Draucker
Adam Draucker Samuel H Rockey
Peter Baughman
Thomas Canning Thomas Meguire
Wm F Ressler
Daniel Geist Isaac Riale Jr
Christian. L. Rockey Andrew J Thompson
[Justu?]s Armstrong
John [Henderson?] Jacob [Moore?]
David Stu[?]y Cyrus. Manahan
Augustus B. Miller [?]riah K Rockey
J. F. Reed Andrew Moore

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Pa. Petition signed by citizens of the Townships of Bart and Sadsbury in the County of Lancaster in the State of Penns praying for a new post route from the Gap to Georgetown in said County
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February 12. 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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Com post office & post Roads
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Strohm
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[Petition for?] post route from Gap [?] Sadsbury Towp. to Georgetown Bart Towp distance ^5^ miles

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