To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress
Assembled.
The petition of the Subscribers inhabitants of the Counties of LaSalle and De Kalb
in the State of Illinois Respectfully Represent
That your petitioners are desirous that a mail rout should be established between Sycamore in the county of DeKalb and the mouth of the
Somonoc Creek in the county of LaSalle on the State Road leading from Springfield
in Illinois to Madison in Wisconsin—so as to intersect the mail rout now leading up Fox river at the mouth of Somonoc creek. That three large settlements
in the north part of LaSalle County and the south part of DeKalb County with about
five hundred inhabitants are for all practical purposes deprived of mail privileges.
Your petitioners therefore pray that a law may be passed establishing a mail rout on the road between the points above designated.
January 24th 1849.| Wm & M. Osman. | R. [Thorn?] | |
| Thoss L. Boughton | [Arthur Lockwood?] | |
| Walker & Stickley | Henry Potter | |
| Nathan Buckingham | ||
| Ryan Sawyer | John Clark | |
| George Clark | ||
| Albert G Folger | H. S. Clark | |
| Amos M. [Glyson?] | J. H. Beveridge | |
| A L Miller | David Merritt P.M. | Somonauk Ills |
| Jacob Miller | J. B. Hicks | |
| Edward Seymour | Milo Tuttle | |
| A. E. Wilcox | Jas. H Furman | |
| George H[?] | ||
| G. H. West | Charles Merritt | " |
| Daniel Bee[ver?] | Henry E Merritt | |
| David E H[oarmore?] | Philo P Tuttle | |
| Neelson Anderson | Andrew Miller | |
| Reuben Skinner | Frank [?] | |
| Thomas Broo[ks?] | J S Clark | |
| Simon Price | [Bunage?] Hough | |
| Francis A Woolston | A. C. Merriam | |
| Thos G Mendenhall | ||
| George Potter | F. T. Miller | |
| Thomas Brook | J. S. Arnold | |
| Joseph [?]y | ||
| Able Calyers | John Grover | |
| Jerome B Carpenter | Harvey. P. Joles | |
| Andrew J Potter | ||
| Harrison Robb | Rosnell Hart | |
| Robert Starrett | Joseph Meierhofer | |
| Levi Wright | Anthony Harmon | |
| Harrison Brigham | Eaton Mitchel | |
| Geo. W. McKinney | John. J. Keenan | |
| Jacob Pilcher | Zenri Banzet | |
| W. Mitchel | Charles Riehl | |
| Minah Hyatt | [Goree Jase?] | |
| Alvin Hyatt | Hen[?] Ga[bet?] | |
| James Whitmore | ||
| Daniel Whitmore | S. Wright | |
| Wm C. Whitmore | ||
| David Whitmore | ||
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| Wm C Wilson | ||
| Chauncey Luce | ||
| Owens Price | David Russel | |
| Daniel N Boyd | Isaac Settle | |
| Harrison Ward | John Settle | |
| William Ward | Joseph C[?] | |
| Henry Stone | [Charles Singer?] | |
| George Collie | Charles Hull | |
| M B Ward | Sheldon Crossett | |
| Russel Huntley | G F Wilson | |
| Michael. B. Ward | E O Sa[?] | |
| Edmund Hall | W P D[alton?] | |
| David Hall | Jas. S. Waterman | |
| John Eastabrooks | W. B. Prescott | |
| James Eastabrooks | V. B. [James?] | |
| John Tripp | William Young | |
| Decatur Eastabrooks | C M Brown | |
| Bradbury Eastabrooks. | [H?] Patrick | |
| John A Beeman | William Connell | |
| William Sebree | James Geist[?]man | |
| Ambrose Perry | James Foster | |
| Samuel Miller | Madison Foster | |
| John Sebree | Jesse C Kellogg | |
| John Devine | R Hopkins | |
| George Miller | William Harris | |
| Isaac Heart | Martin [?] Mack | |
| [ |
William Fordham | |
| Mortimer Harsha | C. | |
| Henry H Gandy | Alonzo Brown | |
| Zelotes B. Mayo P.M. Sycamore | ||
| E. H. Barns | John M Boliver | |
| Harrison F[urneys?] | ||
| B. M. Dayton | J. S. Philips | |
| John M Goodell | ||
| Seymour Tuttle | ||
| F. D. Lowes | John Purd[ue?] | |
| Carlos Sattin | [Y H?] Watamon | |
| Geo W Bretsinger | Wm Palmer | |
| J A Simons | Silus Cutler | |
| Alexr McLagan | O [?] Bryan | |
| H F Page | ||
| John C S Rogers | D Williams | |
| Kimbell D[our?] | Wm A Beavers | |
| Isaac Havo[?] | Wm J H[?]t | |
| Joshua Elliott | George Harsha | |
| Albert V L Smith | G [?] Alexander | |
| Major Dennis Jr | Enos S Chesebro | |
| Amos Harmon | ||
| William B Poplin | David Spangler | |
| R S Hart | John Sterling | |
| John Sterling Jr | Clement Brook | |
| Clark Brook | Mark Mitchel | |
| A[?] Gage | Conaway B Rhodes | |
| Canute Tompson | Major Dennis sinure | |
| Aaron Grinell | ||
| Caneles Biehl | ||
| Nathl Seaman | O. Dietries | |
| Wm H Crapser. | Danad Holecher | |
| John Culmer | W Widen | |
| Andrew Skinner | C Jerman. | |
| George Gurr | Josep Bosch | |
| Thomas Gurr. | T H[?]rich | |
| Anthony Farence | [?]all Banard | |
| Francis Bennet | Moses H West | |
| Geo B Crapser | C. W. Carr | |
| Edwin Beardsley | Wm Sly | |
| John W Thompson | James Beardsley | |
| Nelson Ballou | James Largent | |
| Erastus Berry | Henry Beardsley | |
| David Crawford | Levi C Beardsley | |
| Henry Benjamin | T H Sloan | |
| Joseph Baker | [Polelle?] Fasset | |
| Lass Lawson | ||
| Jeremiah Paar | ||
| George Finnie | ||
| Alex Finnie | ||
| Samuel Lewis |
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Mr Wentworth presented the petition of citizens of Ottawa for a mail route from Sycamore
to Mouth of Somonoc Creek
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February 24, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Wentworth
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