To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress
met:
THE petition of the undersigned, citizens of Lebanon county, Pa., respectfully showeth:
That the law passed at the last session of Congress, imposing a postage on papers circulating
within thirty miles of their places of publication, tends to curtail the circulation
of intelligence, and detracts from the usefulness of country papers by placing them
in a position in which they are unable to compete with those enjoying more advantages.
Your petitioners would, therefore, respectfully ask for a repeal of so much of said
law as imposes postage on the circulation of papers within thirty miles of their places
of publication.
And they will pray, &c.
| C. Henry | J George |
| Geo L Aikins | Jos. Rauch. |
| John Smith | C [Yms.?] [?] |
| S Samuel Miller | |
| Lorenzo L Greenawalt | A. S. Ely |
| F. H. [Bur?] | U. B. Stewart |
| David Bowman | |
| William [Fodlet?] | George Meily |
| D Stichten | Jno [?] |
| Chas Greenawalt | Dav M [Rameen?] |
| E. Raber | George Reinhard |
| Jacob Moyer | John. C. Seltzer |
| Joel Goodward | [Jeffen?] [?] |
| Henry [?] | J Krause |
| H L. [?] | John Ely |
| Israel Bunting | T. T. Worth. |
| Daniel Stine | Jas Reinhard |
| C. R. Shindel | |
| Joseph Witmer | P. H. Reinhard |
| George Reener | |
| Jno W Honinger | Samuel Reinhard |
| Luaurch Zinst | Joseph Bowman |
| William B Reinhard | Elias Gerhart |
| John P Ritscher | |
| Benjamin Phreaner | N Buckingham |
| Simeon Guilford | J Goodhart |
| John Faltz | H T [?] |
| Wm Fisher | A. R. Boughter |
| Wm Lick | |
| Christian A Reisner | Thomas Meloy |
| John Miller | James Elliott |
| John Bauman | James Lascernl |
| Jacob. Shaeffer | S Brownwell |
| Thos M. Bibighaus | Philip Shaak Jr |
| Henry N Smith | John Seibert |
| John. A Watter. | John W. Ulrich |
| Henry O Derr | Daniel Stine Jr |
| Samuel Ingham | |
| Peter C. Freylinghous | Charles Kretschmar. |
| Wm M Derr | |
| C. O. Meily | Jacob H. Shindel |
| Martin Meyer | Edward Searfoss |
| Henry Miller | Jas W. Grove |
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Petition of Citizens of Lebanon County Penna asking the repeal of so much of the post office law passed last session as imposes postage on newspapers within 30 miles of their publication.
Petition of Citizens of Lebanon County Penna asking the repeal of so much of the post office law passed last session as imposes postage on newspapers within 30 miles of their publication.
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March 31, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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,