In complyance and agreable to wishes of the petitioners and more so as a very large and Respectable number are the most Respetable [...?] Citizens of your favorite town that is the town Newport, ^are Petitioners^ for a mail Rout from Belows falls to Newport you plobaly are aware that the opning of the Cheshire ^and Sulivan^ Rail Roads have opened new facilities and entirely changed the course of business upon the Valley of Cold River; diverting it from a direct course to Boston &c. to those points. It has become v necessary also that our mail routs supplying the post offices on that line should in part correspond. For the better conveince of those living in the towns of Walpole, Drewsville, Langdon and Paper mill village forseeing the effeects that these Rail Roads woul have on them; pettitioned to the postmaster General for a dayly mail Rout from Bellows falls to Paper mill village and Recomminding its continuance up the Vallue of Cold River to Newport and in start of us sent it on to Washington to the Hon. William Henry member of Congress from Bellows falls to be Presented to post office department and to use his influance to have the prayer of the petition heard the said ^petition^ was signed as you by calling for it ^may see^ by a very large and respetable mumber of the Citizens of those plaeces—[ & it?] was sent on but Reccently

The Citizens of the towns of Acworth, Lemster East Unity ^and Newport^ as soon as those Roads were opened begun to feel their effects on their business and the change that they were making on the community soon saw that a continuance of the new mail Rout above specified was necssary for the accommodation of the Inhabitants also on the said line to have it continued to Newport you will see by calling for the petition ^that^ a la^r^ge and Respetable number of names are attached to said petitions somthing like about 250 of whom about 60 are from Newport the number migh have been swolen to twice that number very easily but the nunber was though to be as good as more We have, as Mr Henry is agent for B. C. Peters and others, the first petitioners, to directed our petition to him for presentment to the post office department and to that department argue its propriety he being better acquainted withe situation of the whole Rout Payed for by both sets of Petitioners and having more intrest in it, than any member of this state. In our instrutions to him he is requested to call to his1 assistance your aid as you are well acquaint with many of the petitioners and also with the condition and situation of said ^rout^ that is contagious or nearest to Newport and Rely on your influance to have the prayer of the petitioners complyed with so far as you have Respect for the intrest of your old friends without Charge to them We have written or mentioned a fiew things to Mr Henry as arguments in favor of the Petition but as both of you that is Mr Henry with Bellows fall way and you with

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Newport (We need say but little), are well acquainted with the country over which said Rout is to pass

I have to say to you if ^th^ address or other wisise is not as it should be to meet the Case you or Mr Henry are Requested to alter so as to make it right.

If more information [...?]or ortherwise is wanted please write me and direct it ^to^ Joseph Ball Esq of Acworth