To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, of the United States.
Your Petitioners would respectfully represent that a Mail Route is much needed between
the following points, to wit: From Rockford in Winebago County and state of Illinois
via Kishwaukie P. O. ^north of^ Stillman’s creek and Daysville in Ogle county, and Julet Grove or Lee center in Lee
county ^& Ovid^ to Peru in La Salle county. Your petitioners would ^further^ respectfully represent that the inhabitants on the above named route are seriously
incommoded for the want of suitable Post Offices and that were a route so established
it would be of much importance. Your Petitioners therefore respectfully pray the establishment
of such mail route in such manner as you in your wisdom may direct. And your petitioners
as in duty bound will ever pray
| Petitioners names | |
| Petitioners Names | Daniel. W. Currier |
| Daniel Currier | Isaac Wells |
| Jos Parker | Ambrose Taylor |
| E. M. Light | Peter Wells |
| Henry Moore | Amos McNamee |
| Joseph William P. M. | Richard Westbrook |
| Bradford Church | [Bryon?] McNamy |
| Joseph Hellar | J T Patrick |
| George Jacksen | Daniel McNair |
| Lorenzo Bissel | Lyman Reed |
| C H Williams | Jeremiah Whipple |
| T. A. Frakes. | Chas. Babcock |
| James Moore | Erastus Anderson |
| S. H. Bailey | Galusha Bridge |
| W J Keyes | Millican Hunt |
| Thomas Young | Thomas [Canna?] |
| C. D. Pratt | Daniel [Eighone?] |
| B. E. Hemenway | JohnMichael Plantz |
| John Pepper | Mathew Bailey |
| L Henry Hawthorn | Otis S. Rounds |
| Seth. H. Hills | Jehial Day |
| L. S. Hemenway | Layfaette Wright |
| Wm S Jackson | James Hatch Jr |
| John A Huntley | Ruel Peabody |
| James Bailey | Timothy O Rhyan |
| B. F. Keyes | John J Boscom |
| Thos. Hemstock | |
| Wm Oyster | P W Elliott |
| A H Hart | A. C. Hurd |
| [R?] Buskirk | C F Emerson |
| PAndrew Trip | |
| Metellius Buskirk | Elmer [Eighone?] |
| John Miers | |
| Otis Rounds | Wm Guin |
| J. W. Jenkins | D. Corsant |
| C Franklin | Wm Pool |
| Sanford Carnes | George Wells |
| Coonrod Eychner | |
| John Grimes | Joseph Boyd |
| Harmon Morgan | James Ferrel |
| C P Maddin | |
| Jackson Williams | |
| [?] | |
| R. Chaney | Robert B Light |
| Robert B Light | John W. King |
| John M Hinkle | Seely Light |
| Wm S. Davis | John Light |
| S. Addison Irvin | K. J. Sample |
| C. T Emerson | Robert Davis |
| James V. Gale | C. Burr Arts. |
| Willard. P. Flagg | J B Cheney |
| J. C T. Phelps | Charles M Haller |
| Henry Roberts | Wm Moon |
| Philip R. Bennett | Robert H. Walker |
| John Rea | Thomas Hoobler |
| John Gibson | William Gibson |
| Erastus Wadsworth | L B Churchill |
| N. W. Wadsworth | [Lewis?] [Dort?] |
| Saml Chaney | J T [Hunselow?] |
| Hosea [Atrison?] | A. G. Spalding |
| James M. Prole | Horace Spalding |
| John Nettleton | Georg Dewey |
| Nerum Abbott | Henry H Patrick |
| J M Clayton | A M Trumbull |
| John Whitaker | |
| Shamas Ellis | Solomon Whitaker |
| Solomon Dwight | David Lewis |
| Reuben C Baldwin | C L Patrick |
| Edward Hamlin | M E Abersen |
| James Miller | Ralph Chaney |
| Chansy Brien | Denslay Frezer |
| N M York | John Barth |
| Lot Lewis | L. C. Bryan |
| N. B. Gaylord | Cyrus. F. Miller |
| Justus Gaylord | |
| Richard Mcentush | |
| Andrew Ainsworth | |
| Rulath Bird | |
| Alvin Hannum | |
| Charles Gouy | |
| Henry A. Clark | |
| Charles H. Hoyt |
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Joseph
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Citizens of Winebago Co, Illinois
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Mr Wentworth presented a petition for a mail route from Rockford via Kishwaukie, mouth
of Stillman’s Creek, Daysville, Lee centre, & Ovid to Pery, in La Salle Co.
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Referred to Com of P. O. & P R
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April 24, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
Handwritten 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,