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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.
" Thomas Mandell New Bedford Fredk [Horner?] New Bedford
Joseph Congdon " Oliver Crocker "
Albert Shaw " J Swift Jr "
Abraham R Gifford " Phillip Cannon "
James D Thompson do. Wm C. Coffin "
Louis Congdon do. S. G. Nye "
Dennis Wood do, Wm Phillips, "
Isaac C. Taber do [Geo?] Randall "
James B. Congdon do James [Liscomb?] "
Chas Randall " Peleg Potter "
Wm Henry Taylor. " Benj: Rodman "
Abm Barker " Jas Howland 2nd "
[Griscom?] Allen " James H [Crocker?] "
Joseph H Allen " Thos R Rodman "
Henry Taber " Ferdinand [Vassault?] "
[Conrad Yaskin?] " John Howland "
Thomas Knowles " Thomas Cook "
Benjn T Sanford " Matthew Luce "
R R Crocker "
Edward Howland " Wm Hathaway Jr "
George O. Crocker. " J. [V?]. King "
[J C Delano?] " Amos Bates "
Robert Gibbs " Joshua Gibbs S "
Geo, Macomber " J, B, Wood "
Squire Gifford " Thos [Nye?] "
Charles P. Maxfeld " Corns Howland "
Jno. F. Pope " Joshua Richmond "
" Isaac Bly "
Samuel Gifford " Willard Nye "
Jas R Ricketson "
David H Bartlett " S, [Griffitts Morgan?] "
Asa T. Lawton. " Nathaniel Gilbert "
D C Waterman. " Benjan [Clark?] "
P G Seabury " [Geo?]. S. Hathaway "
Alex. Gibbs " Edw C, Jones "
F P. Seabury " Wm C Taber "
Joseph Ricketson "
John C Haskell " Laurence Grinnell "
Tho. Nickerson " Francis L Parker "
Wm P. Grinnell " Francis Baker "
Geo. W, Sherman " Joseph Clarke "
[Tho?] B White " Jos Ricketson 2d "
O. N. Swift " Wm Logan Rodman "
J. G. Grinnell " Seth Russell "
Edw[d?] L. Baker " A. D. Richmond "
Elisha Thornton Jr " Henry Lindsey
John A Hawes
Edw Mott Robinson
[...?] Robt B Greene
[Lyman?] Bartlett
Thos A Greene Pardon Tillinghast
T Lumbard Jno R Thomson
Barton Ricketson Charles L, Wood
Ezra Thompson Latham Cross
Chs Wood J. Dunbar
J R [?] [?] Perry.
Alfred Kempton Edward C Jones
B. S. Perkins D. McKinzie
R. A. Palmer
John W [Perce?] Wm C Stowell
Nathan Chase Wm G. E. Pope
Wm Beetle John Bailey
William Howe Orlando Stetson
[J?]. G. Driscol Horace Gushee
Peleg Pease
Joseph [A?] Chase E. S. Ritchie
Franklin Perry Geo. D Watkins
Geo, Richmond Benjamin Almy
[I?]. P, Hamlin N Leonard
Jacob Parker John Wood
J Baylies. [J?]. M. Richardson
T. Ingraham Joseph Palmer
William Baylies Wm C Peirce
Chas W. Underwood B. F. Taylor
Charles Taber John B. Baylies
George F, Barnard Asa C. Peirce
John. W. Shaw Geo R Taber.
Edward D Mandell Daniel Wood
Cranston Wilcox
Francis Post Chas R Tucker
J W [?] J H Collins
Benj F. Coombs Oliver Swain
Edwd R Freeman Edwd S, Cannon
Henry C. Kelley Henry H. Tillson
Wm G White Benj Dexter
Oliver G Brownell James H. Tallman
Benj. T Congdon John Perkins.
Thomas Pope Jr Ichabod [Chase?]
John Perkins Jr Saml L Strong
A. T. Lawton Simpson Hart.
Henry Cannon Alexander Read
Albert, A, Hatch John Parkhurst
Thomas R. Taber Lewis [Kinny?]
Jeremiah Greenman Jonathan F. Fussell
Chas W Haskins [Chs Hair?]
Charles Almy Wm Knights
Jonathan R Ward Wm P [Phillips?]
Thos B Bush Wm R Rodman
Nathaniel A Borden William Bradford
John Bryant Rufus [Godfrey?]
John H, Gardner Henry T. Wood
M B Palmer William Little
Wm R Titman James Robinson
Joseph W. Lumbard Atwood Holmes
[Ab?] Russell T R Dennison
William R. Noyes Jos Allen Jr
Saml R. Brown Jos R Read
Thomas R Bryant Elihu Grant S. Dartmouth
Ebenr Tirrell Alexander [Malle?] New Bedford
" Wm H. Sturtevant Humphrey Manchester " "
Geo, H, Throop Charles Hitch " "
Alden Little John Sadler " "
T B Denham Charles Tallman
Francis Jenney Nathl Nelson
Wm W Gifford. J, W, Ellis
Otis Harlow Edwd Munn
Augustus J. Eaton Daniel Ripley
James Munroe M, S, F, Tobey
Elisha Thornton Jr. E, G, Cudworth
Benjamin [Trish?] H P Willis
James D Butler Haydon Coggeshall
B. K. Sayer Charles [Cannon?]
John H Kelley Zachariah Sturtevant
George L, Smith William A Mandell. So Dartmouth
Nathaniel, H, Heath Thomas Bliss New Bedford
J. D. Potter John Burbank "
Jacob L Porter Alanson williston "
E, D, Howland John H Perry "
Cornls. Davenport T. L. Mayhew "
E. F. Slocum Nathl Mayhew
Cyrus. W, Chapman S C Spooner
John Coggeshall Jur John P. Barker
I. [Kehun?] John W Sullings
Albert. D. Thacher Savory Hathaway
Nathl Richmond Wm P Doty
Zachariah Hillman Howard Nichols
John C Richmond James Tilton
Israel A, Wood Henry G Ricketson
Proff Stephen Macy Samuel C Jones
Thomas D Whiteside Horace Humphrey
Henry Lucas Silas T Lawrence
Henry V, Davis Alex. McKenzie,
Joseph Hicks C C. Allen
Stephen G Davis George C. Russell
[F. A.?] Manchester, Jacob Cushman Jr
Henry C. Kelley Cephas Cobb
Sylvanus Thomas James Cannon
A B Cory Benjamin B Dunlap 141
Benjamin Tripp jr James Hammett
1441 Philip Groves Isaac M West
William Ingalls B G Wilson
John Carver P H Hathaway.
Sylvester Snell Frederick Underwood
Wilson Jennings Robert Tripp
James Durfee Jr Benj. F, Howland
Franklin Kendrick Hiram Haskell
Andrew. P. Brownell Joseph Chase
John J [Satchler?] Elihu M Mosher
Alexander Hathaway [Jm?]. H Howland
James Hart Joseph C. Hitch
Wm R. Paun. Henry Gray
Isaac E Peckham Darius Gray
George M Eddy Elisha H Everett
Orlando Wood, Wm Gordon
Chas D’Wolf Nicholas W. Tallman
Geo A S Bourne James C Tripp
Henry [?] Samuel Bonney
Henry [A?] Wady
Hiram D Wentworth Wm O. Russell
[Marshall?] B, Bird Henry Taber 2d
Daniel Horner Avery M Bessey
Fredk A Sowle Bedford Walter Harriet
Orrick Smalley " Asa. Coombs
William Whitton Jr David W Ruggles
Abner Gifford. Charles Briggs
170 David T. Bliss. Darius Bosworth
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Petition of Thomas Mandall and 338 other citizens of New Bedford, asking Congress to establish a uniform rate of postage on all letters not weighing more than a half ounce of two cents, and of one cent on new papers, for all distances.
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April 20, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Come on Post offices & Post Roads.
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Mr Grinnell
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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,