Oberlin Dec 29th AD 1847To the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America.
The undersigned citizens of Lorain county and State of Ohio, would respectfully pray
your Honorable body to reduce the postage on all letters to two cents each, prepaid; to take away the franking privilege from all,
and to repeal the law relative to newspaper postage passed at the last session of
Congress
| Alex Steele | L Holtslander | C. G. Finney |
| Wm A Merriam | A. H. Clark | |
| Jonas Jones | R. Campbell | Samuel [J?]. Penfield |
| D. McBride | R Dickinson | Amos [Dresser?] |
| W. C. White | Ross Lamberton | |
| Webster Beckwith | U. C. Taylor | Jno G Jennings |
| A Holtslander | William Little | Wm. Ingersoll |
| E Beach | James N. Cook | D. B. Kinney |
| Brewster Pelton | A Safford | John Campton |
| J. P. Bardwell | J M Harrison | |
| J H Boynton | C. H. Johnson | Eli Bo[?] |
| Wm H. Plumb | Homer Johnson | Hiram A Sea[?] |
| D DeForest | S. F. Steele | [?] D Kenaston |
| Geo P. W[right?] | Ozias Judd | WmDawes |
| J. [N?]. Fitch | Sylvenus Riley | O. R. Ryder |
| Isaac Fitch | Hosea Rhodes | L M Hall |
| James Dascomb | N. W. Hodge | J. H. Porter |
| William Wheat | Thomas [Br?]ow[n?] | Isaac Penfield |
| Nathaniel Gerrish | John Watson | H. E. Whipple |
| E. M. Wadsworth | Chas Hill | A H Clark |
| Clark Elliot | W [T?] Kennedy | D R Bardwell |
| N. B. Bartlett | A Bartlett | Wm E Bardwell |
| Robbins Burrell | Wm Madison | Hamilton Hill |
| L. S. Coffin | A N Bu[?] | [P?] Meyer |
| S C Parmele | G. P. Adams | Pringle Hamilton |
| L. P. Hoess | John Hight | |
| Geo. Thompson | Kenyon Cox. | |
| A Edmunds | S. S. Daniels | |
| Signed by | Seventy Eight (78 |
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Petn of Citizens of Lorain Co Ohio for reduction of postage on letters
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January 31. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Partially 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