Logan and

We the undersigned inhabitants of Sangamon, Logan and Dewitt Counties Ills would humbly request that you take the legal and necessary steps to cause a new post route to be made through said counties from Springfield Sangamon County to M^t Pleasant Dewitt County passing through M^t Pleasant Mt Pulaski (County seat of Logan through Clinton County seat of Dewitt through Marion to Mt [Mount]Pleasant there is now a state road from these two points opened and well worked and we the undersigned think a mail route on this road of the utmost importance no new post office need be established officers are now at all those points and supplied by short cross routes which can be dispensed with a private route now exists from Camden to M^t Pulaski another from Delavan to M^t pleasant passing through Clinton. The papers and letters from Springfield to Clinton & Marion go first to Delavan a distance of 45 miles then to Clinton distance 37 miles making 82 miles when the distance by M^t Pulaski is only 46 miles besides this the papers uniformly lay at the Delavan office one week & it is not uncommon for the Springfield papers to be two weeks going to Clinton and Marion as this will not infringe on any other and the people so far as we are informed being in favor of its establishment we petition your honors to have the same established