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. |
| Abel H. Reed | Reading | ||
| John. F. Welch | Daniel F. Pratt | Reading | |
| Moses Morn | Miah Bancroft | " | |
| Josiah W. Coburn | George W Goodwin | ||
| William Judkins | Jonas Damon | ||
| Edward F Parker | Harry Hunton | ||
| R. B. Richardson | Eastman Austin | ||
| Jas C. Sanborn | Charles Carter | ||
| William T Temple | A W Smith | ||
| Charles B McIntire | Reuben M Pinkham | ||
| John P. Furgason | Albert Damon | ||
| Nathaniel S Houghton | Benjamin F Pratt | ||
| David G Richardson | James C. Austin | " | |
| Porter Pinkham | James. M. Day | ||
| Francis Williams | Isaac Weston | ||
| Samuel Parker | H D Sweetser | ||
| J C Spalding | Daniel Nichols Jr | ||
| G. G. Beard | John Stevens | ||
| William E Adams | Alfred P Smith | ||
| Nathan Barnes | Bridge Wakefield | ||
| James. T. Briggs. | Daniel Putnam | ||
| Levi Abbott | E. H. Orne | ||
| Benjamin Temple | Benjamin Hartshorn | ||
| G M Wight | Moses A. Brown | ||
| C. D. Brown | Horace P. Wakefield | ||
| Henry C Weston | Calvin Temple | ||
| John Judkins | William Thurston | ||
| Charles. K. Mellen | Enoch Jaques, Esqr | ||
| George W [Brathron?] | Charles H Perkins | ||
| James M Beard | Ambrose Kingman | ||
| Simeon Pierce | Elias Gallupe | ||
| George. W. Perkins | Daniel Foss | ||
| Silas G. Emerson | G. A. Coggin | ||
| Jacob Jones | |||
| Joshua Prescott | Reading | ||
| Lymon Pratt | " | Saml Prentiss | Reading |
| Thomas B. Pratt | " | Jno W Ruggles | " |
| B. W. Porter | Nathan Melendez | " | |
| Wm Badger | Leander Willy | " | |
| Charles H. Goodwin | Joseph Marshall | " | |
| Samuel R Allen | Hosea A Mead | " | |
| Isaac Beers | John Batchelder | " | |
| J D Baker | Jonathan Baldwin. | " | |
| Joseph Pierce | Thomas Hartshorn Jr | " | |
| George Badger | John Nichols | " | |
| Isaac B. Pierce | A. W. Prescott | " | |
| Oliver Wallace | C. R. Williams. | Woburn | |
| Charles Secombe | Calvin Nichols. | Reading | |
| Charles Manning | James H Bancroft | " | |
| Charles M Piper | |||
| Edward J Carter | B E. Beard | ||
| Asa S Green | William Parker Jr | ||
| Benjamin. B Goodwin | Warren Fletcher | ||
| Hart Shepardson | Gilman D Kingman | ||
| Josiah A Kingman | John R [Demutt?] | ||
| William M Titus | Nathan Merrill | ||
| Calvin S. Titus | Benj F McMurphy | ||
| Henry D Morgan | Eben Buxton | ||
| George Parker | Sparrow Rogers | ||
| E B Eaton | Jonathan Frost | ||
| Stephen Rowell | Warren Davis | ||
| Eben Eaton | Thornton D. Sanborn | ||
| E C Manning | J H Gleason | ||
| E Chamberlain | Abner [Banerft?] | ||
| C C Cumings | George Parker | ||
| M D L Cumings | Daniel Judkins | ||
| Waldo T Kendall | John H. Bancroft | ||
| Francis Kingman | Miles Parker |
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Massachusetts
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Petition of Daniel F. Pratt & 125 others, citizens of Reading, Mass for an uniform
rate of cheap postage
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April 18, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Com. on Post Offices & Post Roads by
D. P. King
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,