To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in
Congress assembled:
The subscribers, citizens of the county of Morgan, State of Ohio, respectfully pray
your honorable bodies that the provisions in the Act of Congress of March 3, 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of the office of publication, be repealed, and that such other modifications of said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.
| James A. Adair | David H. Mortley, |
| William T, Bascom | Levi S. Little |
| D. C. Pinkerton | John E. Ha[nn?]a |
| E. E. Evans | James Cochran |
| John Scott | Wm Hawkins |
| John, B, Stone | James Bunn |
| Geo W Danner | John R Bozman |
| Jasper C. Stone | John Thompson |
| Hanson Spence | Benoni Hall |
| A P Eberlein | A Humphrey[s?] |
| Israel Green | George Crow |
| Jas M. Gaylord | S Hamilton Davis |
| William Brewster | Warren Timberlake |
| John Hull | P B Johnson |
| T. W. [Flanner?] | Wm Massey |
| John Bell | Chas Robertson |
| Thomas Milhous | |
| Joseph M Co[nnell?] | Jos Farrar |
| Geo Morris. | Elijah C, Triplitt |
| Jacob Roland | H. S. Robertson |
| S. W. Richardson | Ez[rel?] Davis |
| Jesse Embree | F. M. Wood |
| Thomas Rogers | Jas L Gage |
| E. Kinsey | Justin Pomeroy |
| James Smith | |
| V. Rich | |
| Wm Wakefield | |
| Joseph Smith | |
| Geo. S. Welsh | 55 names |
| J. A. C Leland | |
| John. F. Abbott | |
| Geo. Munckton |
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The petition of James A Adair and 54 other citizens of Morgan County Ohio, praying that the act of congress passed March 3d 1847 requiring the payment of postage on newspapers within 30 miles be repealed and also for a reduction of letter postage.
The petition of James A Adair and 54 other citizens of Morgan County Ohio, praying that the act of congress passed March 3d 1847 requiring the payment of postage on newspapers within 30 miles be repealed and also for a reduction of letter postage.
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February 18, 1848.
Referred to the committee on the post office and post roads.
Referred to the committee on the post office and post roads.
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Thomas Richey.
Autograph 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,