To the Hon Members of Congress assembled
We the undersigned citizens of ^Summit Co^ Ohio, respectfully & earnstly petition, that the postage laws ( [...?] ) may be so altered that the postage on occasional newspapers, not sent from the office of publication, shall be only one cent, instead of three cents, we consider the present law (if it is the law, tho we think it is an usurpation of the P M General) an unreasonable tax upon intelligence,
| W, N, A, Sill | John Dowd |
| David Lewis | L, M, Miller |
| S, T, Payne | L, Brainard |
| C, T, Cooke | |
| H, D, Sill | A. L. Newberry |
| A, S, Sill | M Brown |
| E. T. Wolcott | A. [G?]. Clark |
| D, M, Wetmore | L, M. Johnson |
| H, P, Wetmore | C. T. Smith |
| O. B. Clarke | W. M. Moulton |
| Wm. S. Knowlton | S. F. Taylor |
| J P Clarke | C. O. Smith |
| David Winter | John B Lee |
| A J Goodman | Alfred Tracy |
| M. L. Fitch | Herman Hill |
| Daniel Porter | S. T. Miller |
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Petition of L. M. Miller and others, citizens, of Summit County, Ohio, praying a reduction
of postage on occasional news papers not sent from the office of publication
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Presented by J. Crowell.
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February 3d 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Referred to the Com. on Post offices and Post Roads.
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,