We The undersigned Citizen of the Southern Part of the Counties of Mercer & Auglaize Ohio would res respecfully pray Honorable Body for the Establishment of a Mail Route from Fort Recovery in Mercer County thrugh the Town of St. Henry & St. Johns to Minster in Auglaize County intersecting the Pique and Fort Wayne mail at Minster and the Mail from greenville in Darke County North thrugh Fort Recovery—Montezuma, Celina & to Van Wert. The Lenght of Service on this Route would be twenty two miles running thrugh[...?] the most wealthy and thickest setled part of the County who have no means of obtaining Mail Matters without a great inconviniance having now to travel a distance from Six to Eight miles to reach an Office and it is believed that the income from Such a Route would be as graet if not greater in Porportion to distance and Amount of Service to most of the Mail Routes in this Section of the Country and the Establishment of Such a Route would be of graet Convinniane and add much to the interst of those Residing on or near Said Route as well as the public generally. And your Petitioners would further pray that ^Henry Beckman^ may by appointed Deputy for the Office at St. Henry and Mathias Gast for the office at St. Johns and that the Mail may by Carried as follows Leave Minster say at Eight and return next day or Leave Fort Recovery at that time and return next day for which your Petitioners humble Pray.