To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
We the undersigned Citizens of the State of Illinois, would petition your Hon. Bodies,
that a mail route may be established from Little Fort in Lake County, Via. Gage’s
Lake, Hainesville, Fort Hill, Forkville, & Lamar, to Crystal Lake in McHenry County Ill.
And your petitioners will ever prayMarch 18th 1848| Levi Marble P. M Fort Hill | E. M Haines P. M. Hainesville | |
| Wm Hufman | D: H: Sherman | |
| G, A, Palmer | R. Carroll | |
| M, F, Irwin | Parley Dickinson | |
| Wm Jackman | Enoch Moore Jun | |
| Cornelius Behan | Otis Marble | |
| John [Peck?] | [A?] J [Seeben?] | |
| Augustus Granger | Chauncey King | |
| Jesse Slaven | Jonathan Wood P. M. Lamar | |
| J. M. Kellogg | Lorenzo Easton | |
| Franklin Kellogg | P. D. Blaisdel | |
| John Frank Post Master Elis Elysium | John P, Beardsley | |
| [And?] Beardsly | [Najah?] Beardsley | |
| A Turner | James Bryant | |
| Warren Stanard | [Harry?] R Stanard | |
| Thomas Avery | David Butler | |
| Orville. A Hitchcock | Jonathan Favor | |
| Charles Walkup | J, M, [Stevell?] | |
| John S, Clark, | Henry Sherman | |
| [?] Taylor | ||
| L Mansfield | D [E?] Lanphear | |
| Z. S. Beardsley | Wm Montgomery | |
| Orestes Harrison | Charles Fitch | |
| J. S. Hines | John Smith | |
| L D Pease | Ralph. Pratt | |
| B Douglass | [O. W. H. Carll?] | |
| A. W. Beardsley | J. T. Peirson | P. M. |
| J Buchannan | Thos B Albright | |
| Horace Burton | ||
| H, M, Bryant | James Hart | |
| Chester Shales | Henry Dudley | |
| Frederick Bryant | J. C. Bassett | |
| John Elison | W. Stern | |
| S. [Vincent?] | ||
| John Clark | Benjamin Webb | |
| Russel Stanton | [H?]. B. Foreman | |
| Dennis [Driseul?] | ||
| Wm H Hufman | Lester S Anderson | |
| [ |
R Huson | |
| C. M Keith | J. T. DeVoe | |
| P M Huffman | O S Wright | |
| Joseph Arnold | Edward Lusk | |
| N C Kinyon | Doddridge Bryant | |
| Barnabas Keith | W L Ely | |
| John Thrall | ||
| J M Coleman | ||
| H [Fomfrey?] | ||
| E Anderson |
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Lake County Illinois
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Mr. Wentworth presented a petition for a mail route from Littlefort via Gage’s Lake,
Hainesville, Fort Hill, Forkville & Lamar to Chrystal Lake in McHenry 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 & Post Roads
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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 Perry in La Salle Co.
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Referred to Com of P. O. & P R.
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,