To The Hon. the Senate and House [of] Reprasentatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
The Subscribers citizens of the County of Franklin and state of Pennsylvania respectfully
pray your honourable bodies that the provision in the act of Congress of March 3d 1847. requiring postage to be paid on all newspapers circulating in the mail within
30 miles of the Office of publication, be repealed, and that such other modifications
of Said Act be made as Shall more effectually provide for a uniform system of cheap
postage on letters &.c.
| Names | Names |
| David Piper | |
| Jacob S. Zeigler | George McCracken |
| Joseph Cordel | Emanuel Stover |
| David A. Wertz | Samuel Cordel |
| Jacob B Waynant | John. R. Smith |
| Abraham Bakner | Samuel Snowberger |
| Henry Rosenberg | John Monn Jnr |
| John H Cordel | Balthaser Knell. |
| Jacob H. Ealy | Peter McTorren |
| Abraham Sonatyer | Frederick Foreman |
| Peter Tyock | Joseph Smitzer |
| James H Riley | [?]Daniel Foreman |
| John Beaver Jo | P. [l?] Eichellerger |
| John Aby | Michael Burket |
| T[?] C Cuss | David Wertz Sen |
| John Cromer | [Elis?] [Robins?] Robinson |
| John Weil | John Harmony |
| Danl Baker | Abraham Hossler |
| William Harmony | |
| [?] | |
| J. P. Devon | Michael Clain |
| J. Jacoby | John Toms |
| Samuel George | Henry Body |
| George A. Anderson | John. H. Laker |
| Samuel Hayes | Benjamin Fahnestock |
| Frederick. C. Dull | Michael Jantz |
| Jacob Mentzer | Daniel Smith |
| Daniel Cordell | Alexander L. C. Woods |
| David Mentzer | |
| William Terman | |
| Luther B. Kurtz | |
| Hiram E Wertz | |
| David Eiker |
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The petition of Citizens of Franklin County, Penna praying for the repeal of so much of the act of the 3rd March 1847, as imposes postage on Newspaper circulating within thirty miles of the
Office of publication
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January 24, 1848
Referred to the Committee on Post offices and Post roads.
Referred to the Committee on Post offices and Post roads.
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Brady
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,