To the Honourable Senate and house of Representatives in Congress met;,
We the Undersigned petitioners of Washington County & State of Iowa; Labour under
great inconveniance, in consequence of not having a direct Mail Rout from Mountpleasant in Henry County to Lancaster in Keokuk County;. We the petitioners
humbly pray your Honerable Body to pass a Law Establishing a Mail rout: from Mountpleasant B in Henry County By the way of Holcombs Mill Walnut Creek Dutch Creek Bridge, Warners
Mill to Lancaster in Keokuk County We your petitioners in duty Bound will pray.
January the 27th 1849| Petitioners Names | Petitioners Names |
| Robert Kinkade | John [PA?]MS |
| D. Robertson | Francis A. [?] |
| Matthew Boughton | Anthony Ramge |
| E [?] Kinkade | James williamson |
| Y Kinkade | William Robinson |
| John Kinkade | John Dyerman |
| Robert M. Robertson | |
| E. P. Robertson | |
| Conrad Temple | |
| D. C. Temple | |
| Hirum [M?] Boughton. | |
| Joseph Williamson | |
| George Reames | |
| Wm W Wells | |
| James Cargill | |
| David Augustins |
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The petition of sundry citizens of Washington Co Iowa praying the establishment of
a mail Route from Mount Pleasant in Henry Co. to Lancaster in Keokuk Co.
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Referred to the comt on Post offices & Post roads.
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February 23, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Leffler.
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