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. |
| Wm Bartlett | Weymouth | Cottington Nash | Weymouth |
| Peter H Cushing | " | Benjamin F Shaw | Weymouth |
| G S Baker | " | Wm F Thayer | Weymouth |
| Wm K Baker | Weymouth | David W Baker | " |
| Ashford Baker | " | Ezra F Tirrell | " W |
| J. A Baker | "" | Abraham Thayer Jr | |
| John O. [Foye?] | " | Thomas. H. Humphrey | " |
| Asa T Pratt | "" | Charles [?] Nash | " |
| James Bates Jr | "" | Harrison Tirrell | " |
| Dana Smith | "" | Samuel Bourne | " |
| George E Porter | "" | John T. Dizey | " |
| S. P. Cushing | "" | George Collier | " |
| George A. Cushing | "" | Benjamin Pratt | " |
| Peter Cushing | "" | Henry T. Tower Paid | " |
| Nahum Chase | " | Ebenezer Pratt [Junr?] | " |
| Jonas Burnett | " | Lemuel French jen | " |
| [E?] Tirrell | " | ||
| Otis Smith | "" | Thomas Green | " |
| H N [Over?] | "" | Francis H Cowing | " |
| W. R. Crocker | " | [Fairus?] B Lincoln | " |
| John Case | " | Warren Dunbar | " |
| Francis B. Bates | " | James Dunbar | Weymouth |
| Francis Cushing | " | Caleb P. Jay | [Brother?] [gate?] [S?] Jnr |
| Henry R Tirrell | " | John Cushing | |
| Joseph Bates [?] | " | [?] C French | |
| [Ettrich?] Evans | " | Isaac French | |
| E W. Leach | " | N T Joy | |
| Ebenr Tissell | " | Noah T Joy | |
| Ebenr L Pool | " | [Subamos?] [?] [jun?] | [Weymouth?] |
| Stephen Cain | " | Joseph Clapp | |
| Robert B Raymond [W?] | A S White | ||
| Francis Pooll | Josiah Ball | ||
| George W Nash | J S Coyt | ||
| Daniel P. Nash | T. B. Porter | ||
| G [M?] Bartlett | |||
| Ebenezer H. Richards | A B Wales | ||
| [Harry?] E Weston | Thomas Stetson | ||
| M M Blanchard | Williand White | ||
| George P Edson | A. Everett. Stetson. | ||
| Francis H. [Tilden?] Jr | Asherton Wales Jr | ||
| A. J. Bowditch Jr | Edwin P. Worster | ||
| George Brooks | William Bailey | ||
| George S. Gove | Ira Perry | ||
| Richard S. Hunt | C Austin Richard | ||
| Charles C Hunt | Elisha Pratt. | ||
| Edward Bates | Samuel Curtis | ||
| G. A. Custer | Lincoln Newton | ||
| Ezekiel Worster | C. A. S. Richardson | ||
| H. B. Cowing | Abraham. Ray | ||
| W H Chipman | Thomas S. Ellis | ||
| T, B, Burrell | D L Lyman | ||
| H Cushing | Leander F. Truax. | ||
| Charles N Richards | John T Jackson | ||
| Lorenzo H Loud | |||
| Elias Hunt | |||
| Eben S Thomas | |||
| Danl P. Nye | |||
| T, J, Rand | |||
| Michael Foley | |||
| John Smith | |||
| Gilman Thompson | |||
| Wm B Richmond |
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Citizens of Massachusetts
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Petition of Wm Bartlett, & 113 others, in behalf of Cheap postage,
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May 26, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Horace Mann, of Massachusetts,
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,