The undersigned citizens of the State of Pennsylvania respectfully ask the Honorable
the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled to pass a law that all regular newspapers shall be carried in the United
States Mails free of postage within the county where printed, and to any distance
not over thirty miles from the office of publication.
| J. S. [?] | Caleb Casmalt |
| James P. Price | Edmund H [?] |
| P S Buel | Stephen Z Stevenson |
| B Glidden | Henry. M. Pierce |
| Amos B. Mott | Calvin. L. [Leeb?] |
| Abraham Fordham Jr | Michael Whelan |
| Uriah Reynolds | C. S. Brown |
| A. Wickham | D W Glidden |
| Roswell Hawes | Madison Bostwick |
| Joseph Hyde | J. M. Pierce |
| J [Fordham?] | J C Parmely |
| C C Hubbard | |
| John Mullins | James Tallon |
| Miles W Bliss | James [Lynd?] |
| John Dugan | Thomas [Clary?] |
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Petition from citizens of Penna praying that Newspapers may pass through the mails free, within the county where
printed
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Come on Post offices and post roads
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February 14. 1848 Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads.
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Wilmot
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,