To the House of Representatives of the U. States:
The undersigned citizens of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, respectfully
petition for the repeal of the present Post Office Law, requiring postage to be paid
on newspapers within thirty miles of their place of publication; and ask for the passage
of a law, requiring them to be transmitted thirty miles free of postage; and also
for the repeal of the present exhorbitant rates of postage on transient newspapers.
Dated December 1, 1847.| Daniel C Nichols | John H Bush |
| Rowland R West | |
| Elijah S. Mead | T. G. Nichols |
| William Cuningham | J. M. Chatterton |
| G T Bush | Robert Bush. |
| G No[er.?] | John J S West. |
| E. M Bower | W. H Mead |
| Redmond Degarmo | |
| R. Allen. | John H Peters |
| M Lee. | |
| Hiram H Wheeler | |
| H. L. Tobey | Isaac Gillins |
| Wm. Pells | Edward Odell. |
| P. Knight | Eli Burnett |
| John Miller | Henry Mellor. |
| J. L. Donaldson | Samuel Weaver |
| G. Donaldson | G H Brushe |
| A T Weaver | George Bloodgood |
| C B Harrison | Geo [?] Fowler |
| Philip Pollock | James F Martin |
| John Johnson | B. Green |
| Eli Hopper | J F Quimby |
| H L Losee. | Robert Tripp |
| Peter Vanbakerk | John Bottrick |
| Stephen H. Barclough | P. Van[ |
| O J Rincherlocher | Peter M. Elrath |
| George Clark | R Degroff |
| David Todd | J. H. P. G. Yelverton |
| Richard D C Stoutenburgh | John Van Voorhis |
| M D. Vonderbogast | Jessee Bouck |
| James H Foud | |
| Jonas Place |
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Petition of Daniel C Nichols and 59 others of Poughkeepsie N Y praying that newspapers
be permitted to circulate in the mail free of postage in the Counties & within 30
miles of the places of publication.
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January 25, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads.
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J. Q. Adams
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J. Q. Adams.
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