To the Hon Senate and House of Representitives of the U.S.
We the undersigned Citizen’s ofLocks VillageState of Massachusetts Petition that Newspapers be carried post free any distance
under 50 Miles from whare they are Printed and that one cent per paper and two cents
for all Letters of one half ounce and under any distance in the U.S. East of the Sabine
or let others do it who ^are a mind^ to
| Names | Names | |
| Names | Wheeler Darling | |
| Daniel Ballard | Stephen Fisk | |
| Charles Drling | Joseph Fisk | |
| Addison Leach | Cephus Dresser | Samuel Burgus |
| Artemus Leach | Charles Felton | Eli Grout |
| Joseph Fisk [Jr?] | ||
| Ezekial L Locke | Ephraim Lock | Varnum Stone |
| Samuel [Macomber?] | Aaron Chandler | |
| John Williams | Charles Chandler | |
| Wm. L. Bent | D B [G?] | |
| Wm S Leach | L Nutting | |
| Lot. B. [Suliven?] | A H. Wildes | |
| Nathaniel Wilder 2d | S. H. Stowell | |
| Luther Baker | Edward [Fits-?] | |
| Peter Stowell | ||
| Levi Wilder | Artemas Fisk | |
| Samuel O Ruggles | ||
| Hiram Willis | ||
| Timothy Harrington | ||
| [Oman?] H Soule |
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Citizens of Lock’s Village Mass.
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The Petition of Daniel Ballard & others that newspapers may become free under 50 miles
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April 27, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Geo. Ashmun
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,