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TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever p^r^ay.
John M. Webb John Hiener
Howard H. M. McChesny George, M, King
B F Hiener. John H, King
Jno A Harding C. P. Coats
D. C. Coats
E. G. Gleason H H Palmer
[B W?] [?].
A, A, Hall J, G, Heney
[...?] Joseph [?]
R, M, Wallace
R. Smith [Jonathan Wilson?]
Godfrey King A [L?] Willis
Chauncy H Andrews David Beggs
Lewis Young Andrew, [Preser?]
Daniel [Walliham?] Samuel Price
Jeremiah [Seebler?] Wm Johnson
Milo Beard John Long
Herbert H Hine W, A, Chapman
E C Hollingsworth Asahel Medbury
F S [Whitslar?] R. I. Powers
Geo W [?] John Witherstoy
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TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever p^r^ay.
William May[?] Abraham Worsettes
[?] Andrews Joseph Kyle
Wm [Havidson?] John F Gibson
John Boswell Thomas Davis
E A [Yasny?] Sheldon Medbury
J. S. Kent Robert Pollock
William [?] Thomas Perry
Nathan Holland Edward Perry
H H Hine
Benjamin [?] Franklin Leroy
E, G, Canfield J. Kaufman
Franklin Thorn John Park
George Gray
Thomis Caldwell James Kyle Jr
James M Miller [J W?] Philips
James Denison Adw Gardner
[G S?] [?] Isaac Barclay
William Barclay Wm E Ormsby [Jr?]
[Googler?] Fifield Dan Eaton
William L Roberts Edward Mahan
John Stambaugh
William Black John Peter Mickel
TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pa^r^y.
John R Holcomb
[J. Z. O. Dekoff?]1 Jonathan Cook
Geo W [Seaton?]
Joseph [Dumars?] [?] Blandman
Reuben [?] Jas Philips
Caldwell Robins Albert S Crouse
Thomas Price
Dewit Blackborne John Smith of Canfield
Homer Medbury George Grant
James Kincaid [?] Didler
David Kincaid John Young
Jeremiah King R. G. Garlick
James Price Calvin Predmore
John Ockenbacher Lemuel J. Wick
Jas Meloney
Rob’t Stroker James Wick
[Chris Watring?] [?] Chittendon
William Barlow Benjamin Grierson
Joseph Salaby
James McChesny Sheldon Roberts
Bob Anderson
TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pay.
Saml Dytene John [Van Horn?]
Peter K Cudney
Daniel Gallagher Frederick Brandy
[U, S,?] White Wm T Jordan
[?] E E. Folsom
W. W. Folsom Zedekiah [?]
Josiah Baker Henry Freeman
Wm Ferguson James Fisher
Eli Hamilton Perkins Brown
Robert Whitaker
Pardon Sherman E S Standorf
Christian Cabright [Loobst Rormcost?]
Jared Kingsley Lyman Rabbington
Christopher Dietsch Christian [Leysher?]
and sons.
Samuel Ripley Jr
Jonas Foster Fred. Smith
Eli [?] James Leonard
Oliver Kingsbury
Thomas Kyle Robt Stewart
Henry Shants
TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pay.
Homer Nichols Franklin B Hoff
O. [Truedley?] Harmer G Brooks
Thomas Johnson Frederick Allerton Huffnagle
Samuel Devins Joseph Shipman
Nehemiah Holcomb Theodore Fortney
Ira L Fullerton Saml Fortney
Robert Austin P. Shearman Borger
Samuel Reming
Wm Johnson Geo [?]
Solomon [Ayers?]
H H Hyde James Porter
R R McFall A Williams
Thos Donahoe A P Harris
Wm Lewis J P Langley
J. Oakley David Gilette
W W Williams Heinrich Liebrecht
O. R. [Overholtzer?] George Woodruff
Sol. Swartz [James?] [?]
TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pay. ^pray.^
John Mike Webb John Heinbach
Vincent Webb Aaron Brigt
George N. Webb Samuel Shutz
George M. Gregory George Malsberger
Howard H. Morton
Jacob J Rick John Jacques
Jacob [?] William T. Crouse
Isaiah McCracklin Robt T Forbes
Benjamin Wallace
Bobt Loddard John Hancock
William Hughes Wm Haynes
Billy Williamson U Stevenson
Boyd Winans
Joseph Bissel James Wells
J Sawyer
William Marshall I.saac Rayen
Homer King
David Stevens
Joseph Infelt
Asahel Beldwin
TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, your Petitioners, would respectfully ask your Honorable Body so to amend the laws regulating the rates of Postage as to permit Newspapers to be sent free of Postage to the distance of thirty miles from the place of publication, or to any place within the county where the same shall be published, and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pay. ^pray:^
James Hiaton William Hamilton
S. Rice Spencer Briggs
Freeman [?] Eliab W, Bosworth
Peter [Resemen?] Orren Bartholomew
Lorenzo Bartholomew Russell Goff
Abraham Storm Georg. Wm Feezel
Daniel Christy Wm S. Parnell
J Heaton
J Cash Jr. Nathan Holland
M. W [Root?]
[Silvenis Penwell?]
Lewis [Muney?]
Joseph Bissell
S C Lucas
[?]
F W. Redmond
J E Montgomery
D. R. Smith
Joseph Cox
James L [?]
Sampson [Moody?]
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Ohio.
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[(Name?]
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Petition of John W. Webb and numerous other citizens of Trumbull County Ohio, praying Congress to modify the law regulating postage, so as to admit the circulation of News papers free of postage, within thirty miles of the offices where published.
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Geo. Fries
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January 10, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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P. O.-P R
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Fries
1John English Jr. changed to[J. Z. O. Dekoff?]

Printed 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