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Petition to Congress For Cheap Postage and Free Delivery.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled.
The undersigned, citizens of Massachusetts, respectfully petition Congress to pass a Law to establish a uniform rate of Postage, not to exceed one cent on Newspapers, and two cents on each pre-paid Letter of half an ounce, for all distances; and a system of Free delivery in all localities requiring that accommodation.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
Names Residence Names Residence.
Edward Brooks Boston Jonah Quincy [2?] Boston.
S. G. Howe Boston Henry W Rogers Boston.
Moses Kimball Boston. Frederick Gould Boston
John W James " Theophilus Parsons Boston.
James W. Stone " P. W. Chandler Boston
J P Blanchard " John Wright Lowell
A, B, Ely " J. P. Chandler Boston
Jos. L. Partridge " Sam. Norwood do
Otis Clapp " Henry Sargent do
John W. Sullivan " Francis Lincoln
Geo W Babb " Charles B Wells Do
Stephen T. Porter. " Johnson Colby Do
Geo K Snow " Levi Whitcomb Do
B B Reading " J. Thos Stevenson Do
Wm Tileston " Elison Wright do
Geo. E Shortridge " J. G. King, do.
G. W. P. Mellen " Charles Sumner
E L. Porter " Billings Briggs Do
John A Norton. " William Pape
Milton Cushman & Co Samuel F. Morse & Co
Foster & Taylor
William H. Munn & Co Darrah Morse & Co
Osgood & Frost
Jewett & Prescott J, W, Plimpton & Co
Bramhall Fairbanks & Co Everett & Faulkner
Dorr Balch & Co A Washburn Jr
W, S Phipps & Co John S. Williams
Read & Chadwick Geo, W, Bates & Co.
William Jones Reed Muzzey & Co
J [Hahn?]
Smith, Sumner & Co Danl [?]
Wabelo Noyes & C
Thacker Bascom & Co. Haughton Sawyer Co.
Whitwell & Seaver
Chas A. White & Co
Richardson Bunage & Co
W. R. & A. H. Sumner.
C Allen & Co
Wilkinson, Stetson & Co
Gardner Colby
Charles Warren & Co
Buck & Mildes
Hunt & Hathaway
Daniel Kimball & Co
Isaac Smith & Co
John Brigham & Co
Geo. Blackburn & Co.
[H?] Peck
[Ransom?], Brigham & [Wiatt?].
W H Colesworth " E; Copeland Jr
D. F. Chessman " James C Dunn
James M. Lincoln. " S. F. McCleary
Nathl N Bates " Wm Willett
E. G. Alden " Artemas Simonds
Dean Dudley " Saml [Lewis?]
Peter Ward " James Phillips
Fanny Lee Townsend, Providence, R I C. G. [Lening?]
Alfred Norton.
Elizabeth Gordon, Geo H Coolidge
Geo. H. Whitney Boston John Whitney Cambridge
Thomas H. Webb " Silas Allen Boston
W. S. Chase. " O. H. Wellington Waltham
G. O. Stearns " Ambrose Wellington "
Geo. Frank. Waters " Josh L. Hallsworth
Charles C. Hazewell. " T R Raymond
M Johnson Gove "
H. E, Felche " John, E, Bradlee, Boston
Francis [Sauin?] " B. H Barnes, Chelsea
Wm Neely " John P. Ober
Bradbury Guild " Saml [F?] McCleary. Jr.
Martin Wales Stoughton mass. W. P. Gregg
Nathl Peabody John Rice
Abraham T. Lowe
Freeman & Bolles Joseph M. Wightman Boston
C. G. [Thomas?] J. H. [Purkitt?], Roxbury.
Raymond Cole R. B. Carter, Boston
Jos A. Willard John Phelps Putnam Boston.
Joseph Willard Hugh M. Tuttle Boston
[Nathl?] [?] "
S. [V?]. C. Smith Saml Topliff "
John Hathaway
Jas. Wm. Jenks Francis Brown "
^101^E. A, Beaman Walter Bryant "
T. B. Hayward George Cossan "
Bradley N. Cumings G. F. Thayer. "
Luther [Clark?]
D, E, Jewett Boston Alvan Simonds "
Wm W. Greenough. do W. A. Harrington
G. D. B. Blanchard do P. Greely Jr.
Chas Henry Parker
T. R. Marvin Geo. R Sampson
Benjm [James?]
Saml S. Perkins
John Green Jr N Lincoln [Jr?]
Wm G. Brooks A. B. Munroe
Tisdale Drake James Boynton
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Francis Gardner [J?] Maynard
Joseph Smith S. Wales Jr
H. W. Cushing
Alexr H. Rice J P Bradlee
William Wildes
David Wilder Jr.
Henry M Parkhurst
G. C. Chandler Benjamin Seaver
D. H. Howard Robert Curtis
[F McIntyre?] Hiram S. Chase.
A P Cleverly O, C, B. Carter
Abraham Hewes Jr Charles Mitchell
Sydney Southworth. Franklin Putnam
Thaxter Norton John G. Davis.
David Cobb Wm A. Wellman
R, W, Newell Wm Snow
Pearson H Field. C. H. Kent
Joseph Pettee [John S?]. Fields
David Osgood
M. D. Phillips. F. S. Saxton
W, A, Butters. T. Niles Jr
A, W, Bassett Bridgewater Ms.
Joseph Bassett 2 Bridgewater James T. Fisher Boston
Sumner Crosby Francis Phelps
George Russell
Cephas G. Thompson Luther, Holden
Chas C. Sewall. Joseph Chapman
Alfred A Pratt Henry Floto
Job Kent Edward W Brown
Sylvester Bliss Henry P. Rockwood
Joseph W. Tuttle. Samuel Gregg Boston
^178^Wm. S Messervy. H. D. Train.
Wm B. Fowle. D. Russell
S. A. Poore. Aaron Barrett.
Dean J. Locke H. R. Harding Boston
J, H, Gault. I. S. Harrison
Lemuel N. Ide, Boston, W A. Weeks.
Mark S. [Blunt?]. do R C DeWitt
Thomas Morey " Adin Davis
Thomas OBrien. " M. Angelo Blunt.
Wm P. Cook " C. Sprague Smith
Charles Wm Gardner " Henry F. Bond
^200^John W. Donahue O, H, Dutton.
J. D Norris, for Mathews, Stevens & Co. Jos. W. Ingraham
Edwin [?] Elbridge Smith
Jonathan Muggins Chas A. Morrill Boston
William Hacshaw Dana P. Colburn.
James B. Dow Geo. A. Walton.
[Dovers?] Clarke Freeman Fisher
Geo. G. [Charmen?] Horace Mann,
Levi Reed,
Frederic Hinckley
Cyrus Peirce
Robert Thompson
F Geo. N Holway Sandwich.
^221^J. G. Longley ^221
40
261^
John Tappan Robt Waterston. Boston
J, A, [Andrew?]. Charles [Stoddard?] Do
Wm. F. Channing. Lewis G. Pray Do
Thomas Curtis Theo H. Bell Do
Jer, Hill Joseph Cotton
Prince Hawes Warren Burton.
S G Simpkins B T Read
Chas F, [Hoary?] T. P. Chandler
Robb Cooper Wm. Henry. Channing.
[J Q Bowditch?] N H Emmons
Waldo Flint J. W. Richardson
J. W. Blanchard J W. Hight
Benjamin Loring. Benj. Howard
Jubal Howe
Saml. May. Lile Bowles
Edw Winston C. Briggs.
N Davies Cotton A C Dorr
Francis N Mitchell N J Bowditch
Henry Marsh [Saml?] Gore
Henry Hitchings. Ths [Waterman?]
Charles B. Ferrin Jno K Hall
Bela Marsh C. A. Elliot
Saml Gilbert John J May
Benj R. Gilbert Arthur, Pickering.
Chas [Assweet?] Benj Winslow
Fitzhenry J [Conner?] Saml Barrett
Thomas C Amory. Samuel [Turney?]
D. W. Barnes. George W[?]
Daniel Harwood Levi Bartlett & Co
Saml Greele.
Johns & Rogers. N. [?]
Charles K. Whipple James Tolman
Stephen Fairbanks Stephen M Allen
W. S. Dannell Julius A. Palmer
F C Moore Daniel [Safford?]
D. S. [Ford?]
J. M. Smith Wm R. Dean [Co.?]
Geo. J. [Pierce?] Caleb Andrews
Joseph Turner
G R Chapman J. Bassett, [Inc?]
Henry Loring. George P. [Hovey?].
[N?] Mitchell Joshua Crane
Josiah Fiske Geo. Winslow
Abiel Chandler J Winstory
Andrew B. Allen
Saml S. Curtis.
Wellington [Burnett?]. James Beck
Wm [Almy?].
Joseph W. Patterson James Johnson
Geo. A. [?] Ebenr Dale
Geo Mandell L R Smith.
Charles F. Waldo. Edwd Pranker
^100^
Fredk [Almy?], Ebenr Sutton
Wm S Lincoln E. J. M. Hale
M. S Parker H [B Horton?]
Hiram Emerson Edmund F. Cutter
Thos Tarbell
H, W, Mead E. W, Jackson
Chas Faulkner A, H, Dyer
B. P Winslow
Lombard & Whitmore Rice & [Thaxter?]
Isaac Clapp [Hezekiah?] Blanchard
John Ayres, Fred. H Stimpson
Thos D. Quincy Melvin Lord Jr.
Fred W Holland Geo. B. Blake
Benjamin Seaver Jeffrey Richardson
Benjamin F. White J. C. Heaselton
M Newell
Wm W, Stone G. M. Dexter
T. F. Holden Henry. Hall
N. P. Lamson Joseph L. Richards
Jarvis Slade Samuel Jaques [?]
Eben Chadwick
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Nathl C Nash Jno A, [Hawes?]
E [M Baker?] Benj Bruce
John M Barnard
Charles Burrill Saml Hatch
Thos G [?]
C R Thayer Vernon Brown
Ezra D. Fogg Frank Smith
Geo. Morrill Edwin F. Adams
T. W. Hoxie Daniel Lawrence
Joseph [?] Henshaw, Ward & Co
S. [?] E D, Brighams Co
E. Caldwell
Davin M Balfour Robt F. Fish
Andrew T Hall Jas T Hayward
John A Tompson Wm Kilham
Benj P Richardson Frank B. Fay
John L. [Emmons?] Joseph Hockey
Samuel Weltch L. T. Stoddard
Jos B [Hoven?] & Co Geo Walker
Snow & Rich Thomas, B, Curtis
Jos. G. Martin Benj F. Otis
Willis Howes Christy Davis
John Bogando
[?] & Co Wm Nobel
A A [?] J. R. Coe
William H. Bangs Levi Bartlett & Co
Geo L Stevens Nathaniel [Beal?]
Jos Nickerson D. H. Johnson
Henry Forster Jonathan W Ward.
Isaac C Hall
Geo. B. Upton James Read
W. B. Towne George N Roberts
W. H Foss J W. Pottle
J Potman
[J. M. Rundlet?] John Brooks Parker
William [?] H. S. Chase
^200^
David Hinckley C Bramhall
Geo M Shaw Alfred Greenough
A, S, Jordan A. D. Fredricks.
E H Thomas Joseph W Green
B [Sewall?] H. R. Coburn
John W. Shaw P, E, Gay
[M W Parke?] Elisha Parks
[Hamlett?] Bates
W, Capen Theodore D Parker [?]
C P Pye1 Chas a. [Locke?]
Ellis & Meriam L. T. Stoddard
J. H. Lunt
Martin L Bradford John R. Kimball
E G. Martin Jonas Fitch
Charles Davenport A. W. & S. C. Perrin
Chas Scudder Co A, H. White
Sampson & Tappan George Luther
William C. Murdock
Henry Davenport. Jacob A Dresser
J D [Gardner?] & Co James M. Williams
John C. Leach.
Henry D Gray E. F. Waters.
Crowell, Brook & Co Moses Mellen
S. W [Pritman?] John Gulliver
A. & W. H. Harris Wm Churchill
Thomas Lombard N M George
Wm A. Brown & Co. J. N Stoddard
Andw S. March D. S. Ranney
S. F. Adams L A George
Edwin J Weller Farnham Plummer
[Stumpin?] Reed Co Charles [?]
Thos Slocomb Jno H Pearson & Co
A M [Cameron?] Daniel Marston
Daniel K [?]Chase Wm B. Sawyer
C H [?]
R [K Darrah?] [W?]. D. Ticknor
G. P. Tewksbury
Joseph Breck [J?], Silloway
Thompson & Davidson J, N,. Whiton
Robert Farley
John D. Gardner Geo. Callender
S, T, Parker
T. C. Webb Leml Stetson
John [Bogardus?]
George Dennie Luther H. Felton
H. Chickering Charles Siders
Samuel Prince Simeon Palmer
Alfred P Turner^287^ F M Atwood
G. H. Russell. L. Gunderson
C. H. Carr, J. N. Barry
E A Smith Geo W Hubbard
G. J. Mitchell L [?] [Jr?]
L. Charles Spear [V S Williams?]
John M. Spear T. Blake
^300^John Prince Edwin Thompson
John F Coleman
R. M. C, Sears
Augustus Davis Alfred. F. Goss
Abraham Norwood
E Mitchell Samuel Sears
Thos W Herrick G G Strickland
Otis P. Josselyn Thomas Davis
S. S. Stone A Trask
Abel Baldwin D H Plumb
Charles. H. Caufield George C. Taft
Geo E Shattuck Chas C. Jones
A. Tompkins. William Farmer
Vinal Lyon
Henry W Wade ^325
261
586^
J, M, Aldrich
C. H. Ackerman
^325^
[F?]. Andrews Cambridge. White & Hanson Boston
Geo Punchard, Boston Chas S Brett " "
Henry Flanders. Israel M Rice "
Jos D Clark M [?]
Wm. Madigan Wm R Sumner
Henry K. Oliver Seth W. Fowle
C G Easterbrook A. G, Weeks
^600^
C. J. Kent I. Richardson
Benj F. Hatch H E Armington
Joseph Easterbrooks Jas Laurence Bass.
Joseph B Harris John A Robie
Albert Whiton N M Fessenden
John K. Hinckley P H Hill
G. M. Vinal C W. Cline
John Anderson M C Warren
Wm L Kennard E, W, Wheelock
Wm H. Puffen A C Hosmer
W. A. Hall James R Hall
Martin Kanary William A. Prescott
Wm R. [Butler?] William. G. Gordon.
G. Clarke Daniel Watson
D E Wells F. A. Jones
G. Fliny David W. Wells,
J. H. Stevens James. A. Fussell
Wm H. Palmer J. W. Olmstead
Henry C. Stratton. S J Lovett
A, J. Chase Jos. [Andrews?]
Lucius Reed E. S. May
Henry C. Shepard S B Titcomb
Joseph H. Brown R Leighton
H. A Corliss Geo W Porter
Alfred Mudge Asa [Wade?]
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[Daniel Crocker?]
C. C. Briggs. Roxbury N. H. Fairfield
Joshua Briggs. Roxbury. John K. Rogers.
A S White L. H Boutell
John [?] Boston H. G. Jennings
John H Myers
A, M, [?] Boston John W Williams
Amos Pratt Boston
Simon, W, Draper Boston Norman Chipman
William Aiken Boston Frederick [Brooklebard?]
Robt. C. Cutting " Samuel Bowden
Obed Pratt Jr Daniel Dow
Edwin Jennings. Boston
John James E Boston Ebenezar Waters
Daniel Silver
Joseph Newmarch R. C. [Bodfich?]
Joseph S Eastman Wm. Fowle.
George W. Safford Henry Stone
Joseph Stone
John Manning John H. Hill
Simeon Cook Jr Jon [H Baker?]
William P. Johnson. James H. Weeks
J. W. Copeland Geo Bass Jr
Frederick Lane C L Bancroft
Sam H Gregory. Jas H Blake
L S Learned J. Francis Kimball
L. J, Gibson
John K Deane Grafton Fenno
^700^James M Jacobs, Thomas [?]
Wm T, Cook J. L L. Treadwell.
J S Bancroft John Marsh
Chas E Whitwell
J M Richards J Lewis [Ridder?]
Edwin Parker Francis B [Wattes?]
Josiah Gooding J. Q A. Litchfield.
PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, Citizens of Massachusetts, respectfully petition Congress to pass a Law to establish A UNIFORM RATE OF Postage, not to exceed ONE CENT ON Newspapers, and TWO CENTS on each PRE-PAID Letter of half an ounce, for ALL DISTANCES.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
NAMES. RESIDENCE. NAMES. RESIDENCE.
W. H. Sherman Boston J. S. Kendall Boston
D. T. Knowlton Boston M Allen "
R. W. Balch Boston [James D?] [?] "
W W [Churchill?] " Henry A Green & Co "
[G?]. H. Millard " Joshua P. Bird. "
Jas Murdoch " Joseph Sawyer "
J B VanderBurgh " Geo S. Walker "
Richd B [Noyes?] " F. W. Newton
C. B. Goodrich Jr. " J A Howe.
F A Horsman " A. L. Jones.
James Lloyd Homer [jr?] W. H. [Stodder?]
Geo, P, Geer A K Towne. Boston
George [Hill?]. S. F. Bulkley "
Martin G [Bates?] A. Holbrook
W, A, Parkhurst,
G [?] O W Gardner
Sumner [Dorr?] C H Dunham
John B. Prince [Chas?]. B. [?]
Jabez Hatch [K L G?] Hunt
Jos [Herstler?] George Aldin
Jas B, Case S. W. Dewey
Alfred P. Clark G Allen
James S Noyes. Henry C Allen
J. P. [Eagle?] [D?]. Webster Rogers
A F [?] G. Francis Thayer.
F G. Allen
J. R. Gilmore Samuel Phillips Jr
D. M. Pratt.
John Stetson William. P, Brigham
Elisha James
J. Harris Pearson
[Opion?] D. Ashley Alfred H. Sumner.
PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, Citizens of Massachusetts, respectfully petition Congress to pass a Law to establish A UNIFORM RATE OF Postage, not to exceed ONE CENT ON Newspapers, and TWO CENTS on each PRE-PAID Letter of half an ounce, for ALL DISTANCES.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
NAMES. RESIDENCE. NAMES. RESIDENCE.
William L. Elliot
Chas. Theo, Randall
John W. White
Geo, H, Morse
Benj: Barker
Theo’ F, Cogswell
C, Dickman
R, K, Darrah
J. S. Coe
H. H. Darrah
Lyman Morse
William Horton
William B Partridge
J. W. Gay.
Andrew Wheeler
Thomas R. Gould.
Franklin Putnam ^796
974
1770^
C M Reed
H. F. Elliot
Samuel Swasey
S A [Dix?]
P. B. Clark
J, P, [Gorden?]
John Bowker
C K [Gunn?]
E, W, Chase
^796^
John G Tompson
Jas Bingham
C, A, Burrows
^799^
A L. Fernald Boston [O?] S. Price Boston
Silas Livermore, "
E W [?] " Henderson Davison
Joseph W. Allyne, " S. E. Sewall
Amos Whitmore jr " M, A, McCafferty, Boston
D. Thaxter " Zack, Wentworth Jr "
John H Osborn " E T Kinsley "
A P. Morris " Geo [Mundell?] "
J T Ward " Hiram. G. Beattie "
A. G. Richardson " Thomas P Trufant "
W McDevitt " Chas Geo. Frelinghuysen "
C. C. Nichols " Wm H. W. G. Fessenden "
Eben W Lothrop J Hinckley, Winslow,
Joseph Reed Samuel H. Allyne, Sandwich.
John Dean " Geo. W, Munson "
Sylvanus Cobb Jr Saml H. Winslow "
J A Adams John F. Whitney
D, R, Curtis William C Hall
M N [Henry?] Wm. L. Annin
Ignatius Sargent
Charles Forster A. [W?]. Prescott
J. B. Witherbee [H E Rich?]
Thos B [?]
R. S. Rumus
Abel Merrill
George S. Harris John C. [Fennold?]
Richard J Attwell
Allen Shepard B. D Leavitt
Jos R Bryant
Oliver P Newell
Edwd G. Loynes Benjamin. Southworth. [Cambridge?]
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Geo. Parnell E, L, Adams
T, Has Leavitt Wm Dall
H Lawson
John M. Gilley R. S. Young
Geo Washburn Geo S Ward
Augustus Tribble P. G. [?]
Calvin Richards William. F. Osgood
J G Ford Frederick J Ordway
William C. Bolles Wm T. Lerow.
Jos. S. Partridge E, S. Todd
John White Jr. P. B, Burke. "
D Elwell Wm [Kemb?]
Charles Williams Nathl Nottage
J, [H. Conwell?] Charles [Bowers?]
[Wm Brigham?] Saml Hall Jr.
William P. White Joseph B. Edwards Jr
Geo. W, White E Hoag.
David Keith
W [Leegling?] Danl Griffitt
C. Judd S. Rhoades
Samuel Whidden Stephen R. [Bowers?]
Robert S. Littell [Harvey?] Brewer
^100^
B. F. Dwight J, O, Standish
Luke B Power Boston J Warren Appleton
C. F. Huggins
W. A. Weeks.
Charles [Eavys?]
John Royers Isaac Child
Seth P. Chapin G. D. Colburn Boston
S. Briggs
J. G. Dodge Wm Geo Shedd Jr
Chas P. Derby Geo F Williams
Campbell Coffin Oscar Burbank
Asa B. Hutchinson. Henry T. Parker.
S, D, Dyer Joshua Chamberlain
Jesse Hutchinson Jr Albert, S. Southworth
James P Whitney Sewall B Bond
Nathl Ford Horatio N. Burton. Boston
Wm A Buffum E. B. Pratt.
David Leavitt
James Jennison Jr. Fabian Mann
David S Parr Orville, J. Shattuck
David Hooton
James F. Shattuck Boston Rob M Goram
John W Atkins W. B. Locke
Thomas Work John Davison.
B R. Downes James M. Manks
J. Wright Geo M Champney
John Thomson
L R Streeter S. C. Gardner
David Porter Chas Merrow
Jas [Galloway?] of F Petersburg. Robert Bunten
Thomas C. Merrill Hy Geo. Beck
William B. Bartlett L. Rimback
C. List A M Eastman
Wm H Brooks L. B. Coles
William Walker M L [Walker?]
Geo [Dauby?] Hills Cornelius Cowing
Charles Cook J. Q. Kettelle, Boston
C H [Hunnvenell?] H. E. Smith "
Isaac Boyle. James F. Fisk
G, L Smith
Thos S Bates L B Moffat
H E Hicks Stephen Batchelder
John W Potter
John Plumbe Gearfield Learned Jr
Wm E Smith
Thaddeus Clapp George E Haskell
Geo E Porter Wm Page Jr
Hiram Nelson [Thos?] Somerby
Augustine C. Taft John Allyn
George N. Comer. Asa D, Hatch
James. H. Engley. Charles Caverly
H B. [Hare?] [Watson?] Hastings
Henry A. Hildreth
Benjamin Brown
Jno Bates Richard [Crane?]
(Chas A Burt
64 Commercial St)		 N A. Loomis
^200^ Thomas D. Morris,
Augustus Durant
Charles Andrews Luther Parks Jr
Nathaniel Gale
Lewis L Whitney W. H. Ladd
Joshua Leavitt Geo. L. Woolbury.
Horace Thurston James F. Raslow.
John Webb A. H. Bradford
Samuel Little
James Freeman Clarke, Boston [?]
A Farnsworth " Nathl Briggs
Thompson Baxter E W Norris
[?] [Clapp Jr?] H L Dunbar
Asa Mitchell
H. P. Partridge Jas C Squire
D. P. Newcomb M. P. Squire
S B Krogman
S Krogman John A Holden & Co
A F Brown L M Hopkins
C S Dunbar
D A Dunbar James Gilmore
William Melvin
A Learned Jr John Johnson
John [Botume?] Jr G. W. [Whittemore?]
Jas W Nightingale E. W. Davis
Joseph. T. Davis Geo Bemis
Elbridge S Knight J R Barnes
Thos A White J L Penney
Frost & Waldron E [Robbens?]
Peter Leland & Co Hardly & Emerson
William J [Laskey?] R, P, [Bouton?]
J W Bird Wm R Bailey
M. Manning Solon [Fisher?]
[I?]. T. Steele E, H, Blake "
Chas, Richardson A B Gorkin
Wm Kissick D Slade
J C Rice H Porter
H Jacobs
D Hastings A B Simmons
Henry Dean A Critchet
Henry [S?] Kendall Wm K Howard
Geo W Banks Chas G. Winn
George W. Dean Charles [Walker?]
Geo B. Darling S C Ricker
Ira Ballon John T. [?]Boure
S P Darling G P Cooper
A. A. Arnold
E W. Judkins John [Hodkinson?]
E. B. Ford C. B. Fairbanks.
P R Ford E J Wiley
J. Y. Baker W Burbank
F A Steele Henry W. Lincoln
Willis Howes Warren Sawyer
^300^
Orlando B Potter Henry C Allen
Richard W Henshaw Virgil Bradford
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H A. Corliss. Jos Belknap Smith
Henry F, Fox A, L, Jewell
Sumner S. Haynes D L Townsend
William Farmer Jona. Butterfield
J M Johnson Simeon Butterfield
Geo F Hayden Geo, Manchester
[Wm?] G Smith
G H [Snelling?] S L Harris
Robt. S. Dyer Mehitable Eastman
Ira [Crawford?] Ahira Holmes.
B Jackson E. H. Holmes
Chas Cushing Elias [Emery?]
Geo. P. Smith John Smith
Peter G Munro Dexter Jones
W. H. Holmes
J. H Robinson Curtis C, Codman
Chas. E Buckingham. Otis W. Stowell
W. Henry Thayer.
George [Crust?] Amos Wilson
George Marsh Woodhouse L [Wheeler?]
Henry Whipple Tho Delap Smith
J W Hall
Patrick [Wiley?] J. A. Gillespie
Timothy ShayX his mark
Arthur Learymark J. P. Preston
C A Dana S, H, Wilder,
S B, Brooks
S Harding. S Russell
R, H, Leavitt Wm I. Slade
Wm H, Baldwin John [?]
J. H. Haynes [Timo?] P [?]Hillroit
R, E, Apthorp Washington I. Ordway
David Damon
Hiram B Haskell William Willis
Jackson Richardson J. P. Holmes
Edw. L. Balch
Madison Hawes Leo. Smith Jr
J W Maynard Timothy P Norris.
Henry. G. Shedd Jr
John A Norton. Timo S. Odionne.
Joseph W. Allyne. Cornelius Snow.
Michael Mc.Mullen
W. A. Fraser Saml M Dungin
Hale Atkinson
Peter Kimball David Ambrose
Joshua P Downs
P. W Newton Luke Shepard
M. G. Thomas Osgood Fisher
R, O, Williams Moses Eaton
J Shaw [Feby?] Henry Boyden
Lyman Norton
P [a?] cooper William H Gage
George S. Gage.
W. Hamlet David. S. Davidson
Tilon Robinson Osgood Locke Jr
E. B. Dearborn
W. S. Shattuck D. R. Curtis
^400^T. R. Page Geo. B. H. Davis
W, C, McClallan Caleb S, Mirick
Samuel Gregory Jefferson Moore
D. P. Grosvener
Nathl Witherell
A. D. A Bailey
Nath Witherell Jr
Daniel Sharp Boston Daniel, L Learnard Boston
S. G. Bowdlear do Eber Taylor Boston
William C Reed do J George Rimbach
Wm Spurgen do W F Shaw
Geo W. Learnard Jonathan J Frost Boston
Saml J, Heald James Luther [Jr?]
Enoch C. Jones Jno. S. March, Cambridge
William Parker [?] William Freis. Boston
Y. B, Wood A M [Drewes?] "
John B Whitten
Solomon P Russell Emerson Coolidge
Cornaus Lyons & Charles B Cummings
Mark A Jones. M W. Copeland
Daniel Heywood Francis D, Hall
John O’Keeffes George Grant
Y, R Hurlbert Henry Tinkham
Benjamin Welch Jr Raul Adams
Jas L Springer Charles W. Cummings
E [F?] [Hamden?] Daniel Stone
Henry Endicott Merrick Breckenridge
Benjamin Jones Leander Hilton
P. B Bradford
Lewis Kimball Daniel Holmes Malden
Robert Andrews
Lewis C Blood Perley A, Ramsay
Oliver Barrett A. P. Thompson
Ephraim C [Barrett?]
William Kimball
Charles C, Bruy, Boston
Geo. H. Fox
John W Norris
^459^Christian Rimbach
Ben. P. Todd. Cambridge Geo. Gorham Williams Cambridge
George F. Ware " Frederick A Gibbs "
Edwd Richardson " Adams Ayer "
George D Wells " John Edson "
Estes Howe " R H [Baeur?] "
A. H. Ramsay " Ezra Abbot "
C. R. Metcalfe " Edw Sniffin Parker. "
Jno. Owen " Wm [V?] Stevens "
Charles Folsom. " Chas E. Hodges "
Joseph Soverin " M B Chase "
John Bartlett " W, T, Harris, "
F. Sales [?] " J. W. [Taule?] "
C. C. Felton " William Plumer "
Alexr W. Thayer. " Henry B Brown "
H, Ware. " F. C. Ewen "
J. R. [Lowally?] " J. M, Chase. "
F J Child " S D Hosmer "
Thomas Russell " Horace W Adams. "
Geo. Nichols " Geo. A. Gardner, "
J. A. Jacobs. " Asa Dalton " "
^500^E. W. Young " J D Jones "
Adams Wiley. " N. G. Perry "
J. Wiley, " George, C. Lee, "
H A Middleton Jr " Hales W. Suter "
J P Carr " Richard H, Wheatland, "
H E [Dottener?] " A. Sawyer "
E Peabody " J A [Henry?] "
E. Davenport. " J John J [Glover?] "
John P. May " C [F?] McDonald. "
L. S, [Cragin?], " F. A Lane "
J. S. Thorndike " [...?]
G. P. Tiffany "
F. Hathaway "
Jno Baker Hingham David Harding Hingham
Solomon Lincoln " Nathl Whittemore "
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Nathl Richards " Nathan Lincoln. "
Jno. O. Lovett " J. Farmer. "
David Andrews " John [hill?]. "
Eben Gay. " A. M. Berry "
George Lincoln " John P. Hersey "
Abner L. Baker. " Leonard Sprague "
Otis Hersey " William Greeley "
John Siders " William O [Lincoln?] "
Lincoln Jacob " Pyam Cushing "
Israel Chittenden " Albert Gardner "
[Neil?] Cushing "
W. Augustus Hersey. " Seth L, Burr "
Royal Whiton " John Stephenson "
Ezra Stephenson " John Lincoln "
B Lincoln " Caleb S, Hunt "
Tom A. Kenyon " David Cain "
Charles Gill " Caleb S. Hersey "
Dixon L. Gill " Martin [Fearing?] "
John [Bear?] " Eliel Bates "
Rufus Lane " A. [G?]. Fearing "
[Lott?] S Hersey " Bela S. Hersey "
Quincy Bicknell " David Fearing "
Robert Burr Abner L [Sears?] [?] "
Edward Casneau Samuel Dunbar Jr "
Joseph Sprague Thos L Whiton "
Marshal Lincoln jr Anson Nickerson "
Isaac N Damon " Isaac Hersey Jr "
Alexander Clapp " Seth L Hobart "
John Barnard " Cushing Hersey "
George Hersey Jr " Peter H [Towle?] "
Hosea J. Gardner " Robert W Lincoln "
Levi French Caley Bates "
Rufus Churchill 2d " Franklin Hersey "
Chas Howard Jr " Jotham Hudson "
Alfred Tirrell " Samuel Bronsdon "
Isaac L [Kennerson?] " Alonzo Lincoln "
^600^ Isaac Corthell " Luther Sprague Jr "
John K Corbett " John B Mayhew "
Hosea S Jacobs " Charles F. Lemon
Caleb B Marsh " C Bridgham
Henry Hersey "
Edward L Hersey " Edwin Tilden
Edward Hersey "
Washburn [?] "
Elijah [Burr?] " Washington Clapp
Warren Hatch " George Woodroff
M. W. Clark "
Dorus Clarke, Boston John F Coles. Boston
Chas A. Saxton " R. K. Potter "
Luther Farnham " S. P. Knight "
Stephen Vialle " J. D. Church "
Patrick Brinnen " Daniel P. Chase, "
Michael Ambrose " John N W Hawkins "
Alexander Tripp Fair Haven, G. F. Fling "
R. M. Devens, Wm. D. Crockett "
Sewall Harding Wm S. Adams
Joseph Banfield, Boston David R. Hitchcock
H. R. Curtis. " William A. White Watertown
N. J. Rockwood. " Sylvanus Cobb Jr
Otis Rockwood "
Isaac Hosford W. R. Bennett
Samuel May Jr, Boston. C. P. Rockwood Jr
Robert F. Wallcut " G E Deluce
Henry C Wright " D. T. Green
Wen Dell Phillips " J, F, Deluce
Ephraim Willey " A Wheelwright
Mulford C. Nickerson " David A Elms
Wm Lloyd Garrison, " Henry M [Phelps?]
Ira Gray Reading. A, Turner
A. M, Chase Canton. Geo, W. Lafkin
Jacob H Kent Boston D. B. Jones,
Edmund Quincy, Dedham S. D. Cunningham
Rufus Bates Hanover Samuel Tompkins 2
Saml Philbrick Brookline Saml Gray
Elijah Hobart Scituate Henry A Bates [esqr?]
Hiram W Blanchard Dorchester W. A. Tilden
Austin Bearse Barnstable N H Tilden
George. M. Rogers. Boston C [H?] Tyler
Francis Jackson " Wm B. Hill
Parker Pillsbury " Francis W. Hill.
Loring Moody Lynn Moses Pettingale
Gorham Emerson
Daniel Mann Boston J B Emerson
Addison Davis Lynn Edward Cherringto[?]
Richard Clap Dorchester Anson [Bruce?]
Benjn D Peck. Joseph [W?] Story
John M, Williams, Boston H. C. Smith Boston
E O Williams " D. M. [Montwith?] Boston
T. Bulfinch " D. H. [?] "
^700^M. A. Hagar. " Y. W. Smith "
Henry N. Stone Boston Wm H. Eaton,
H Bradford "
M J Stone "
Henry C. Brooks "
E. Winslow Cobb "
Elijah Cobb "
H. Cobb "
M. L. Cobb. "
J. B. [Hagan?] "
Ebenr Smith "
Geo. Frank. Waters "
Edwin Leigh. Cambridge
J. P, Bishop Boston
A, M, McPhail Jr "
Mary S. Bishop "
L. A. Williams. "
L T. Williams "
Geo:. B. Proctor. Boston H. [L?]. Champlin, Boston.
Woodhouse Lee Wheeler Wilmington John Wingate, "
William Wilder Boston Caleb Howe Jr "
Wm P Peakes Dorchester Jas Moore "
Gordon A Pratt Boston C, R, Jones "
Haskell Gore Boston J. A. Balkam "
L. C. [Munn?] Charles Rice "
Boston
Geo, G, Gallup "
William Holland, " Boston
S. D. Kenny [Boston?] "
Thos L. Williams. "
Wm. A. M. Fillebrown "
Josiah Williams "
Joseph Lewis "
[?] Moody "
William F Serrat "
E Phillips "
Benj. Drew Jr. Chelsea.
M A Lewis, Boston
Jacob Loomis Boston
Wm C Perkins Boston
W E French Boston
Rosen L. H. Plaisted "
C, O, Eaton "
[...?]Theodore G, West "
A
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Samuel Pettes Boston George Danforth Boston
Joseph Mitchell Nantucket
[A?]. A, Dame Boston William Brown Boston
J J Bayley " Sumner A, Patten.
Joseph L Drew [...?]
John Frost Boston P, H, Riley
William A. Bell " James S Rutledge
N. Broughton "
H. D, Cushing
D Lewis
H. N. Perkins
Francis Jenkins Boston
Isaac Woody Fair haven
John M, Oxton Gloucester
Jona Barney Swansey
[Alex?] Blaikie
Thos Tileston.
[?]
Granville B. White, Boston.
Jos. S. Potter, Cambridge
Ira Cheever, Chelsea
Joshua Emmons
[J?]. W. Olmstead Chelsea
Charles F. Wyman.
F. P. Brown
Geo. S. [winston?]
Henry K Appleton Boston
Jos. L. Partrige. Boston Asa Bullard Boston
William Goddard Quincy [Selwyn?] N. Wilmot Charlestown
[J.?] Edwards Woodbridge. Boston Parsons Cooke
Geo Punchard Do William Whittelsey
H. C. Stratton. Do. Edwd Lasell
Thomas B. Starrett Do Wm H. Palmer, Boston
Geo. F Bemis Do
Henry A. Moore Do
William W. Denton "
E. F. Bancroft "
Geo. C. Partridge
S Blake Jr
^800^E. Meriam
John P Palmer
John Coe.
John C, Dore
N. A. H. Ball
C. E. Valentine
H. R Keith
M, S, Proctor
J. A Brodhead
T W Tucker
A. R Glover.
J, H, Bradley
Geo W, Cochrane
Chas W, Jenks
[U S?]. Woods.
G. S. Bulfinch
Chas E, Keith
A. Wentworth
Charles D. Pigeon
Abner Phelps Boston James A Mosely Boston
Jereh Dalton Roxbury Ansel Besse Boston
Francis Baker Andrew D. Jordan. Boston
James [D?]. Burgess. Boston Luke Nash Abington
Alfred [C Stedman?] R Dana, Morse, Brighton
Wm W Ward Boston Danl [E?]. Brown Boston.
Milo Rice Boston [Y?] R Smith Boston
T, M Bird Boston Stephen Weeks "
Geo O, Brigham Boston James Smith "
T. Bradley Winn. Boston Henry Kurtz "
Edwd Loring Boston Daniel Henshaw "
Edwd [Shellbrown?] Boston Jos. A. Denny "
Henry Mills John W. Brown "
A. J. Hersey Herman Frost "
Jacob Edson Boston George H, Ruggles "
J P Blanchard Boston
Wm E Harding Boston [J. Walley?]. "
J. Geo. Whitewell Boston Chas Walley "
W, C. Pierce Boston A Campbell Boston
T S Shedd Boston
John B Bigelow Boston
Erastus Alton Boston
Elbridge G Cobb Boston
Geo. W. L Pierce Boston
Josiah Chandler
John C Davis
^863^B, F, [Gilman?] Boston
John D. Babbit, Boston. Gardner M Weld Jamaica Plain
Thos Jameson Boston John Gardner Boston
John Williams Boston [Honor Lam?] " "
Oliver L Richardson Boston W A Thomson Boston
Charles E. Mayo " Andrew A Benson
Joseph W, Allyne. Edward Rohan Boston
[Cobb?] Jordan Esq Charles Hersey
Samuel D Fuller A P Dalton
Amos E. Senter.
Joseph [Grant?]. Boston. Joseph Simonds
George W. Lyon Boston William Center
Wm C, Lears S, E, Eliot
M, S, Sullivan James Bond Boston
A H Ogden Boston
John W Foster Boston Samuel Howard
J W Brown Horace G Jones Boston
J. R, Bruce James F Sumner
Samuel Wagstaff Wm B. Bothamly
Joseph B Brown Benjamin Anderson
^900^ J [T?] Penniman Quincy
Thoms L. Tisdale. Joseph [S?]. [Hewes?], Boston.
S. A. Smith Boston J. F. Marsh, Boston
H C. Smith Boston [David?] Watson Jr, "
Thos. F. Smith Boston S. A. Bradbury, Boston
Horace W Brown " Drs A. & L. Swan Boston
A, H. Willett, Boston Joseph Simonds "
[J?]. H. Carter Boston
Cyrus Wentworth B W Dodge
James G Gould James H Clark
James I. Brown H C Dodge
Augustus Truman.
Solomon R. Davison, G W Dodge
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Haskell J [Rowland?]
Eli Phelps Wm S Dickson
Edw. H, [Brainard?]
J Q Adams Clark Geo. A. Davis
J Ballard.
B B G. Stone, Boston Isaac F. Shepard
H. G. Wadleigh Boston John G, Brooks
Wm Morris Jr Boston "
Andrew [S?] Thayer Boston S. B. Wilson
G. W. Harmon " H. O. Jones Boston
Jeremiah Brooks W H Beebe "
I. H. [Fanwell?] Boston [J?] Noble
Alphonso A: Schaeffer Boston
J Hancock
John A Lewis, Boston
W. A. Cheever Boston G Hitchcock
John Jones Boston Peter Thompson
E. G. [P?] Wilkins, Boston. Josiah Johnson
J. L. Libbey Boston Samuel Cloutman jr
W. R. Towle
T & W [Perry?] Boston Abbot Laurence Brown
Chas B. Locke Boston Benj: F, Abbott
Joshua P. Bird Moses Grant
Edward S Clark Abm W. Rice,
Sophe Dixby James Easton
D. E. Sampson
A B [Gove?] Jesse Morrill
Wm Bartlett Caleb Chiles
E, H, Bascom
Saml Tileston. [...?]
E B Thayer
C H [Blanchard?]
E. W. Fairbanks^974^
A. J. Wright Boston William Trumbull
Boston.
J. H. Butler, "
Frederick J. Cabot Co B. Cobb
A. J. K. Baker Wm Thornton Parker.
Edward Page J D Ingersoll Boston
Geo. E. Newman " R Channel Boston
James. Campbell D. J. Haynes Boston
C A Phelps Alvah Phelps
Geo. D. Howard. Geo. Allen
Charles H. Codman.
S. Willard Saxton. S. M. Metcalf. Boston.
Edgar G. [Palip?]
James Young
Henry P Trask Silas W. Wilder
^1000^J. T. Sanborn Asa Fitz.
D. J. McGillycuddy Alney O. Felt
Henry Kitfield A .C Lawrence
Wyman Harrington Jr
Josiah Dearborn [Esq?] Seth Goldsmith
D. H. Jaynes Caleb Wright
James Duffy [?]
Thomas [Spinny?]. John [Davis?]
Franklin Fiske Heard.
H F. Alexander James M. Cummings
Sylvanus P. Seaman
Wm S. Wilder
Thomas Trainor
Thomas Hammond.
Thomas C. Simonds "
Charles C. Simonds "
Andrew Kitchen.
Geo. F. Strong. ^1022
799
1822^
Joseph B. Felt Boston Jas. Savage Boston
C. C. Felton Cambridge. J, Quincy. Blakes "
David Pulsifer Boston Allen A Richardson
E. W Capen Boston [E A G Roulstone?] "
[?]Jonah Preston " Saml H Cheever "
N. Morse " Chas F. Wells "
Wm [R Rowland?] " Chas J Power "
Eben Clapp Jr Dorchester Henry R Sampson
Geo. K, Crockett. Boston. Saml P Kent. "
W W Wilson Boston Alpheus Cary. "
Eben Jones " Jeffrey R Brackett "
Joseph Burnett " Charles Cary "
Wm W. Goodwin " Thos S Johnson "
Samuel H. Woods. " Henry C, Davis "
Peter I. Hassard " Saml T. Crosby "
Nathl B Shurtleff " Saml L. Wilder Jr Charlestown NH
Geo. P. Reed " J. C. Farnsworth Boston
D, Kimberly " Thos [Mitmarsh?] do
C. [Chianee?]. " J D Chapman "
J. D. Lilley " H H Whitmarsh "
W, H, Hill & Co " Edwd Brick "
L. Kent. " Leonard & Cunningham "
J H Allen " E A. [Darmner?] "
Winch & Patterson " Oliver L Perkins "
Geo Allen " Robert. Ferguson "
D. S. Rowland " P Murtagh "
Daniel L Gibbens " John Weld "
Chas M Paine " Jacob [Benard?] "
W F Shaw " John Tighe "
Joseph Lyon " Thomas Meade "
Benjan Bailey " Wm Boyce. Jr "
Wm Brown " Geo. Phippen "
William V Alden " A C Cheeves & co "
Matthew Roffe "
James Duhon " M, J, Townsend "
P. H. Sears " N M. [Lord?] "
[Tm Vassall?] Gibbons " C. B. Ewen "
[Frank?] Kingsbury " John V Rogers "
A. C. Whitcomb. " Wm Perry Jr "
[Geoe?] B. Gibbons " Joseph [Koohler?] "
Geo: Foster. " Edwin A Palmer "
D, O, Vanamand " Jesse Chickering "
W Reynolds & Co "
C B Kingman " L, A, Chase "
[F?] Gould " Maulins J. Clarke "
A S [Wheeler?] " Geo Tyler Bigelow "
T, C. Duxbury "
[G?] M [Bancroft?] " Jas French "
[Dodavah?] Scates " C. W. Henry "
James Blood Newburyport Wm Butters "
E. W. Libby "
Loomis Austin [Edgemont?] W, H, Gray "
Sewall B Bond, Boston D R Adams "
H Kinsley " H T Kimball "
S F, Tenny Boston Stetson & Hopkins "
Saml S [Bluffton?] " Geo, C, Hill "
Geo D [Symonds?] " J, W, L, Brown "
Henry. F. Green " R D Child. "
D. Woodward " E. H. Wade "
L B Hemenway " W. H. Chessman "
Moses M. Smith. Boston A, L, Dennison "
Saml G [Drake?] N Foster "
Joseph Winsor Jr Boston A Phipps "
Williams McIntyre " Alfred Osgood "
[Eden?] B Horn " Charles B. Tower "
Thomas N. Hart H. W. Usher "
Charles J. Gove " H, [N?], Cook "
L, H, W [?] D M Tucker "
Wm H, Calrow " O W Tucker "
Geo H Mitchell " George S Tolman "
Stephen Sargeant " Henry Tolman "
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Matthew Cox Jr " Sylvester Almy "
Robt E. Mosely " J, Chickering "
William E. Cash L. Mason "
Eben, E, Dyer, Geo. H. Child. "
S, B. Sumner. Chas. H. Bacon "
Richd Briggs Chas A Thomas "
B, B, Wood John B Hewes "
Geo B [Lyon?] " Chas M. Cox "
Henry [Gilbert?] Geo. W, Vinton "
H [Parmeter?] "
Wm H Parker. Boston Harris & Stanwood "
Daniel F. Carlton " C C Hayden "
J. [?] Myers Do Charles Smith
John Pickering " M. J. Whipple
F. C. Whiston " Rubin R Dodge
Charles Hood " G, W, G, Williams
N. Willis. Editor "
Wm A. Parker "
W. A. Rogers. "
Edw P. Moore "
Theodore Parker, "
Ellis Gray Loring "
Wm A Shepard,
P. W. Bartlett.
A. A. Ranney
John Butler,
Will: Holmes
Saml Rowlands
Edward Barry
John McGrath
Lemuel Shattuck
Chas F. Mayo Boston Geo, W, [Stevens?], Boston
D. W [Stearns?] Boston Miles M Fanwell "
T Stearns " Geo, Dickinson "
Chas L Wheeler " Geo W Pierce Lecominster Ms
Wm. C. Lawrence " Enoch Sutton Boston
L. Stillman West " Alden S, Latham "
David Bryant " Amos F, Cornwell, "
Asa D, Hatch " W A [Ring?] Boston
Geo. W. Foster " Mason Wheaton "
J. Stoddard. " Stewart [French?] "
Jacob Smith " Robert Scott "
Thomas Rowan " William [Mark?] "
S B Knowles " Nathaniel. P. [Pittee?] Boston
C P Chamberlin " George Wadham, do
Wm B. Flanders " Lorain J Drew "
Tilon Robinson " Edward Haskell "
Abner Shirley " Wilmot Wilson "
Joseph Hatch " Edward J Parker "
W W. Knight " Alexnd Wilson Boston
J. M Butterfield " Chas. Fitch Hussey ditto
A B Chipman " J. Colburn. Boston.
William Burnham " W M. Elliott. do
Walter W [Horner?] " Geo Shiverick "
David [Winn?] " S. B. Ball "
Solomon D, Hyde Boston [...?] W. H, Morton
^"^Cornelius, ODoherty " [?]
John A Haskell Do
Nelson Mace "
Wm S. Allen "
Geo W Noyes "
Russell B Campbell "
Charles Bugbee "
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Pete
[ docketing ]
Petition for cheap Postage
[ docketing ]
[?]
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Petition of Josiah Quincy jr, & 2058 others, citizens of Massachusetts, praying for cheap & uniform rates of postage
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Post office & Post roads
[ docketing ]
J g Palfrey
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March 242, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Palfrey
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2“4” written over “8”

Handwritten Document Signed, 12 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,