To the Senate & House of Representatives of the U.S., in Congress assembled.
The undersigned, Citizens of New-York, respectfully petition Congress to pass a law
repealing the present law requiring all Newspapers sent through the Mails by other
than Publishers to be pre-paid. The undersigned, believing that the repeal of that
law would greatly enhance the Post Office revenue, and be of incalculable benefit
and advantage to the public; and as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.
Dated, New-York, April, 1848.| John, M, Flood | |
| John Kirk | |
| Matthew D, Grune | Wm H Smith |
| W. Aldrich | Chas H [Bromelynn?] |
| James. Carroll | Henry Lyon |
| William Mortimer | Jo. Elliott |
| John. Tracy. | [Corns?] S. Burtine |
| Edgar L [?] | John Tracy |
| John Hunt Pa^r^son | M. D. Grune Jr |
| H. Ross | Geore Smith |
| W H Gascoyne | Dr J. [Co?] |
| W H Sharp Esqr | John. T. Huntley. |
| Aaron Butterfield | Joseph. C. Fisher |
| James Leverage Esq | |
| George Wright | |
| Godfrey A. Jessel | |
| John. Levison | |
| W H. Carter | |
| Joseph. H. [Godwin?] | |
| Isaac. Gilbert | |
| George H. Peck | |
| William. Granger. | |
| James L. Cheeseman | |
| John Conklin | |
| Thomas Bowden | |
| W. Finley Stontenburgh | |
| Gardner Fleet | |
| William A Gumble | |
| S. Raye | |
| F A White | |
| [H ?] | |
| William Haddams | |
| James R. Hall | |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| David Ketchum 121 Fulton st | Ephraim Lyon |
| Wm J Pooley | |
| H. Gregory 293 Madison St | William [Bro?] [Stan?] |
| James [Fell?] | |
| C. C[?] | Isaac Betts |
| J F, Badeau | |
| John H. White | W Richardson |
| Thos [Hunderch?] | F A G Brady |
| L. J Sutherland | |
| Horace. P. Russ | H. Johnson. |
| Ruche Bros Co | |
| Edward D. Connery | M. O. Barne |
| A. Dunlap Moore | Wm W Gilman |
| Peter Mulvey | |
| James C, Stowall | |
| R. N: Soff | |
| Thos N Campbell, | Alex [Maybrey?] |
| Jas [L?] [?] | |
| John D. Everson | Sparkman & [Truslow?] |
| John H. Bowie | John Hunt |
| D. W. Belden | |
| James [H?] [--ter?] | |
| E. L. Broun | |
| Seth Crosby | |
| George Fess, | Wm L. Topping |
| [A S C?] Gough & Co | A [Longett?] |
| R J Gough | Lucian Coxe |
| F. Hitchcock. | Jno Vanderbilt Jr |
| John Greenwood, Jr. | L. S. Hoyt |
| James Grant | A. B. Allen. |
| Abm Bassford | Saml C Hills |
| Otis Field | John Butter |
| E. Murray | Thos Eastman |
| A Sudlow | R J Cooper Esq |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| E & C N Houghton | 90 Walker [St?] |
| Wm [H?] [Watrn?] | 90 Bowry |
| Thoms H Clark | 108[?] Bowery |
| Wm G Dean | 192 Chatham |
| David J. [Ottiwelg?] | 121 Hester Cor Forsythe St. |
| Edward W Tooker | 487 Pearl st |
| John W Eastbrown | 42d st and 8th Avenue |
| James M. Smith Jr | 28th Streets. |
| Alva Roe | 44 Thompson St |
| William. Zelner. | |
| Joel Kelly | No 1 Avenue C |
| H Hoff | |
| William Mook | Ne 8 Centre Market |
| J H Welsh | 2d Ward |
| William [Loll?] | 32 Orchard St |
| Elias Tillotson | 71 Hester St. |
| J A. Hamm | 121. Delancey. St |
| John R Kelly | 227 South Street |
| William Reid | 15 oliver st |
| William Eaton | 226 [Fronts?] St |
| Albert Eaton | 98 Wall St |
| Wm Hall | 290 Front |
| Daniel Barnum | 24th St & 9th Avenue |
| William V. M. Turner Esqr | 697 Water |
| David B Gulick | 39 Oliver St |
| Charles Macdonald | 72 Bleecker Strt |
| Isack Frank | 187 Madler St |
| Thomas [B?] | 192 [Mirington?] St |
| Chas Chesterman | 304rd Avenue |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| B. W. Peck | |
| Riley Clark | |
| F. Rosette. | |
| A J [?] | |
| Saml Beataugh | 52 Forsyth St |
| F. Williams | |
| James McGrorty | 395 Grant St |
| B. B. Hyde | |
| Jas McDonald | |
| Henry, Russell | |
| Oliver P. Jewel. | |
| B. Underhill | |
| ^P Taylor^ | |
| P. Tyler | New York |
| J. W. Mason | Do |
| Jos C. Morton. | do |
| [Quintus?] Clapp | 35 East B Way |
| Wm H Redin | |
| Warren B Mead | 41 E B Way N.Y. |
| Raymond A Dominge | 218 Division. street |
| Joseph F McDowell | 94 [Henry?] st N.Y. |
| ^Aaron [ |
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| W. C Davis | |
| Marcus B. Butler | |
| Temple C Coffin | |
| Amaziah Nichols | |
| William Donigan | |
| John B Wilson | |
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| Stephen D Skidmore | |
| Wm H [McDowell?] | 23 Ridge St |
| James McDonald. | "" |
| George W Hall | 390 Grand |
| Edwd S. Courtlandt | |
| W H Patton | 131. Chatham st |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| Silas J Vail. | 156 Broadway. |
| Saml N Palmerly | 107 Fulton |
| Jas. C Niven | 53 Greenwhich St. |
| C Mennigur | 467 Broadway |
| Wm Henry [King?] | 40 East Brdway |
| Joseph Marvin | 40 East Broadway |
| John G Haviland. | 43 Third Avenue. |
| Geo Crosby | 8 Bowery |
| R J. Leonard | 40 East Broadway |
| James E Crosby | 40 East Broadway |
| Horton R Platt | 40 East Broadway |
| James. F. Buckley | 40 East Broadway |
| D G Crosby | """ |
| J S Burros | 68 Walnut St |
| M A Crawford | 5 Ferry St |
| C B Babcock | 8 Bowery |
| Thos J Polhemus | 47 Troy St |
| Abel Thorpe Jr | 41 Bank St |
| F G. Crosby | 174½ Bowery |
| D M Crosby | do |
| S. P. Squire | 182 Bowery |
| Saml J Conover | 182 Bowery |
| Edward Augustus [Pathier?] | 418 Broadway Cor Canal |
| Josiah W Thompson | 281""Chambers |
| Jas S. Armstrong | 3 Sherriff st |
| Whitfield Somerindyke | 359 Sixth avenue 6 [ov?] 22 |
| Henry N Williams | 139 Hicks St. Brooklyn |
| Levi Scribner | 74 Fulton st New York |
| Fayette Gould | 74 Fulton St New York |
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| Timothy T. Burger | |
| Aaron Swarts | 142 East Broadway |
| Chas H. Stewart | 52 Christie |
| Hull & Spencer | 43 Division. |
| Geo. Galpin. | |
| John E Ward | 151 Norfolk St |
| Ricd Van Veghten | 92 Division St |
| Uriah Levison | 215 Adams st Brooklyn |
| James Arnold | 371½ Grand st |
| Jas, M, Whitehead | 354 Broome St, |
| N D Ward | 138 Amity |
| A. G Lockhart | 295 Bowery New York |
| John McKinley | 52 Bowery NY |
| Jonn A Webster | 68 Eldrige St. N. Y |
| Samuel. Lyon | """ |
| Thos E Mathews | |
| I C Webb. | 1 Wall St |
| Robert Nutter | |
| James Herrick | 39 Catharine St |
| Jno H Dunner | 71 Av 4 |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| James H Perkins | Cor Division & Christie st |
| Atwell Foster | """ |
| G. L. Edwards | """ |
| Shepd A. Mount. | """ |
| Henry Lane. | """ |
| William Sharp Jr | 26 Eldridge Street |
| Chas Place [Jr?] | 9 Allen St. |
| Thos Charlock | 8 Eldridge Sreet |
| C. Carden. | 172 Mulberry St. |
| Jas Geo [Samson?] | 89 Division |
| Richard H White | 8 Eldridge st |
| Daniel, D, Hyer | No 156 Pearl Strt |
| J. C. Bates | N" 182 B. Way. |
| Wm Rodgers | 74 Pine St |
| Jno Clancy. | 85 Front Street. |
| Charles G Edwards. | 47½ Division |
| P. Clute | Warren Connecticut |
| T. K. Worthington | New Jersey |
| William Camp | 402 [Cristie?] Strt |
| Wm, Hammond | 107 Elm St |
| James Peterkin | Brooklin |
| Robert Palmer | Newark, N.J. |
| Peter O. Conal | 125 Chatham St |
| Oliver K Stratton | 67½ Madison Street |
| David Sanderson. | 408 Cherry St |
| S, C, Sanger | Brooklin |
| J H Weed | 96 Division St NY |
| Laurence Drum Gold | No 6 Division st. |
| Jas Thompson | 43 [?] |
| David Van Alst | 95 Norfolk St |
| William Q Clark | 57 Market St |
| Jonathan H Nash | 126 Norfolk St NY |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| Denis Cronin | John McCollum |
| Robert M. Hart | Alex. M Gregory |
| William F. Rich | David Morrison |
| [Moses?]. M. Francis | |
| Alexander Clendenen | Wm. H. Van Loon. |
| E D Bryant | F. R. Kenney |
| James Murphy | Frederic A Peabody |
| William Brown | John S Hanna |
| Albert Bogert | Wm Patton |
| Sumner Sturtevant | F G Fish |
| T. B. Forster | A. J. DeWitt |
| Theodore A. Reynolds. | George [Whih?] |
| John OBrien | |
| John Monaghan | Wm Corkin |
| John McElhill. | Geo W Marsh |
| Bernard Kearney | Spencer Feller |
| G A Fry | James Maher |
| G. P. Loines, | R C [Downing?] |
| J. B. Benton | John Parmly |
| Joseph Smith M.D. | William Banks |
| Thomas Dougherty | Charles W. Johnson |
| Geo Curtis 24 Bowery | Thomas [Ogihrie?] |
| E B [B?] | Charles Mather |
| [Garrett?]. | Joseph Cullen |
| I C Dawson. | Edward Murphy |
| Wm G Degroatt | Samuel Brown |
| Ja C. Kobing | Henry. S. Fabry52 Rosevelt St |
| I. J. Hendryx | Jacob Carter |
| R J Jones | Peter C Baker |
| H H Geoss. | Charles Leach |
| Cha’s N. Cogswell | S C Abel |
| Alexander Grant | L E Knopp |
| Thomas ONeill | William Little |
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| Dated, New-York, April, 1848. | |
| A W Barns | 144 [Arthur?] st |
| A B Davis | 186 South st |
| Charles R Mairs | 189 Bowery |
| Fredk McCready | 525 Broadway |
| John Bouton | 14 Spring Cor Elizabeth |
| Thomas Moore | 234 Elizabeth Street |
| M C Meigs | 162 East B Way |
| Jas H Bunting | 187 "" |
| Saml. Pomeroy | |
| James Slater | 15 Forsyth St |
| Amos E Kendall | 32 Market St |
| L. Robinson | 56 Division St |
| Z L Moore | 112 Chatham |
| W McCanley | 78 E. Broadway. |
| L. A. Leach | 102 Nassau St |
| Thos Wm Casey | 9 Tell St |
| A. C. Van Epps. | 19 Stanton St. |
| Sampson Tams Jr. | East Broadway |
| A. J. Decatur | Wooster St |
| M E. Kingman | 118 Chatham St |
| [Ab?] Delaurer | 10 City Hall Place |
| J. Nolen | |
| G. N. Phillips | 85 Pike [Strt?] |
| H. C. Marten | 45 Rutgers St |
| J S Baldwin | 39 Forsyth St |
| John Neander. | 156. Bowery |
| James Clark OBrien | 120 Monrow |
| C. P. Baldwin | 42 Suffolk Str |
| J K Cowperthwaite Jr | 10 Catharine St |
| C. Schwarzwaelder | 9. East Broadway |
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| A Macdonald | Henery St 185 |
| R Blake | Centre. 29 |
| A. [F?]. Sterling | 39 Henry St. |
| J H Gregory | 156 Eldridge |
| M [androch?] | 125 Chatham |
| James H [Clerk?] | 63 Laurens st |
| John McDermott. | No 7 Sixth Street |
| S. N Dodge | 189 C. Street |
| Robert Boyd | |
| W H LevisonEd | 94 White St |
| W. H. Kipp. | 63. Chrystie. |
| John Nash | 293 Madison St |
| S McCormich | |
| Jas W Stainburn | 9 Division St |
| John J. Lewis | 50 Allen st |
| Taulman Allaire | 121 Byard St |
| T A. Cassat | 31 Bowery |
| C Stagg | 278 Hudson St |
| G Southerland | 12 Ludlow Street |
| B W Romans | 137 Madison St. |
| Silas Lounsberry | 69 Chamber St |
| C. H. St John | 116 Monroe St |
| John Johnson | 115 East Broadway |
| Evert Bush. | 87 Hester |
| Willoughby R Smith | 153 Second st |
| Henry L Slote | 230 Broome |
| E. L Butterfield | 90 Henry St. |
| Nathan’l R Hayt | 33 Chrystie st |
| George. A Hayt | [?] 112 |
| John W Thorp | N 119 Chrystie St |
| John Turnbull | 157 Allen St. |
| Absalom Northrop | 49 Bowery. |
| Daniel Coghlin | 120 Mott Street |
| George S Carlile | Chatham Square |
| W. Arnold Knight | 33 Bowery |
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| Jas C Harriott | No 40 East Broadway |
| John Finegan | 220 Walker |
| Fras A Foley | 253 Mulberry st |
| G P, Briggs | 112 Orchard St |
| James Mitchell | 73 Catharine St |
| [Chumley?] Edwards | 201 Christie St |
| James Parr. | 73 Mott St |
| Wm Wilson. | 74 Toall St |
| John Lennox | 18 Hamilton Str |
| Daniel [Lute?] | |
| W. H. Everett | 9 Bowery |
| James McBride | 45 Crosby st. |
| James A. Brown | 230 Clinton St. |
| D R Barker | 22. walker st |
| A W Adams | 10 Delancey St |
| N B. [LaBarr?] | No 197 East Broadway. |
| Geo. W. Quintard | Monroe st |
| Benjamin Woodward | 41 East Brd Way |
| William O Jenks | No 41 East. Broad Way |
| John C Hillman | 37 Catharine St |
| Hugh McCaffry | 40 Catherine St. |
| Richard Walters | 74 Catherine. st |
| Chs S. Hind | 15 Bowery |
| Thos [P?]. Everett | 27 Bayard St. |
| E. J. [Peck?] | 19 Oliver St |
| Thomas T. Bennett | |
| John C Graham | 46 Hester st |
| O. Augustus Douglass | 154 Delancey st |
| B Stevens | 43½ Pine Street |
| B. A. Rugg | 567 Grand St. |
| Saml Judge | 59 Clinton st |
| John G. Wilsey | [72?] Division St |
| Charles Dingley | 5 Hamilton street. |
| Ira R. Steurand | 65 Pike Street |
| Horace Metcalf | 74 Governeur St |
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| John G Braitmayer | 134 Hester Str. |
| C A Calhoun | 209 Hesters Str |
| J W Dominich | 13 Markel St |
| Amos Todd | |
| J E. Munson | 47 Essex Sr |
| J. A. Sparks | 16 Spruce St |
| John Palmer | Rye |
| Thos Walker | [Union?] St |
| J G B [Meath?] | 488 Broadway |
| J. Bladamer | 97 East Broadway. |
| L. Sanger | 91 Houston st |
| J W Close | 126 Monroe St |
| James Campbell | 16 [Doyers?] St |
| John Lewis | 21 Oldridge St |
| Henry McCann | 81 Henry St |
| Wm Vernen | 37 Bowey |
| N. Marshall | 58 Mott St |
| J Dayton | 104 Chamber St |
| Jos. T Evans | 354 Grand St |
| P Shapler | Tradesmens Bank |
| John Galbraith | 148 Forsyth St |
| Jonathan Chittenden | |
| James Martney | 255 third |
| Michael Burns | |
| Eli Benedict | 137 Grand st |
| Albert J. Miller | 84 Catharine St |
| S B Wilson | |
| T. Austin | 62 Vandam st |
| Andrew Van Hern | |
| R. King. | |
| John Williams | 112 Divisn St |
| Joel Miller Jr | 114 Division St |
| Corns B Hulsart | 112 Delancy Sr |
| I S White | 188 South Street |
| H. A. Blanchard | 41 East Broadway |
| Jas Bergen | Shakspeare Hotel |
| [Wm?] O Conner | 27 Centre Street |
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| Chas S. Sloane | 25 E Broad Way |
| Robt Linsted | No 27 Madison St |
| F A Goodwin | 6 Courtland Street |
| Jno [Breaster?] | 307 Tenth Street |
| James P. Burr | 49 East B Way |
| Henry Edwards | 142 East Broadway |
| Nathaniel E Mead | 169 Chatham Sqr |
| F. C. [Rumrell?] | 281 Henry Street |
| John C. Murphy | 282 Madison Street |
| A Eaton | |
| E Pratt | 70 Greenwich Avenue |
| B. Leonard | |
| Michael Falihee | |
| [Heman?] Boyd | |
| S. H. Bridge | |
| Alfred [Buskelew?] | |
| Alexander McAlister | |
| Oscar Y Y [Dayton?] | 32n Str 7th Avenue |
| P H [Rod?] | 7th Street 193 |
| William Wurley | |
| [?] H Young | 443 [Penlst?] N.Y. |
| John Layden | |
| Saml W. [Thurston?] | 184 Water St |
| H. Chase | |
| Thomas Dwyer | |
| Joseph Gilso | 31 Pitt St |
| George Gilso | Ditto |
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| A. P [Rul?] New N New York | |
| J T Beers | 236 Clinton St |
| James Bartlett | 172 Broadway |
| S. C. Evans | 18 Hamilton. St |
| Gershom P Jessup | 25 Monroe St |
| P F. Polk | 86 Bond St |
| Chas W Morgan | Henry St |
| A. B. Corey 26 Beekman | J L Sterns 233 Walker St |
| A J [T?] | 159 Mott st |
| Wm Gardner | 423 Water St |
| Ena Weeks | " " " Water St |
| [?] Wood | 107 Eldadge |
| F. Scharlock | 4 Eldadge |
| R S C Worthington | Perkins Hotel, |
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New York.
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Petition of many citizens of the City of New York for the repeal of the law requiring
newspapers sent through the mail by other persons than publishers to be pre paid
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May 4, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Mr Maclay
NY
NY
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Committee of Post Offices & Post Roads
Printed Document Signed, 15 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,