To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
We, the Petitioners, have seen with much satisfaction the Report of the Committee of the House for the reduction of Postage, viz: making Newspapers of particular size free 30 miles, and a uniform rate for Letters at five cents—believing that the whole People of the United States demand this reform. We cannot but express our full conviction of this just measure, and earnestly urge upon Congress, now in session, to accomplish its passage before the adjournment.
T. Whiting
Gen N V Knickerbacker Benj. Waggoner
S. C. Whiting A. Loueks
D, A, Fuller
John Emerson R. S. Underhill
John Dudley Simon Bovier
Hiram Potter Jas R. Dudley
Henry Pier C H, Brother
John Palmer James Fosset
Jno. C. Morse Noah Ellis
george [Pangeuny?]
Norman Davies R Leach
J H Thompson G, C, Webster
H, W, Penne Seely Brownell
[N?]. G. Halsey
F S Heath T. Hess
H. Church Andrew Hill
Nathaniel Perkins Wm. Gamble
Conrad Shults
John Rose R. B. Van Valkenburgh
S. H. Crane R Brown
William G Rose J. W Beath
[Geo. S?] Ellas A S Howell
Amos. B. C. Dickinson. J. V. N. DeWitt
H G Donah Jacob Billington
George S [Harding?] J. T. Shaw
J C[?] A Larrowy
O Stewart
G. Bundy
A, C. Yost Henry Goff
I. L. Babcock
D. Woods
L D Metcalf H T. Fife
J, Goff
G [Halleck?]
C. S. Knight N. H. Hopkins
D W Lyon Ansell Parker
P, G, Wheeler
A, Hess. H H Johnson
E R Bidwell M C Warren
A. Boyd Jr L, R, Libbey
Hinsley E [Gross?] Hiram Small
Wm Sedgwick W. S. miller
B. P. Slater [L?], D, Cobb
C, E, Heilsy Wm H. Read
Henry C[ulver?]
George W [?]
Wm [L?]. Hubbell G C Rellis
Edward Lindsey
Joseph D [Butler?] William S Green
Wm [J?]. Phelps D. C. Howell
Peter, R, House L. Robie
John C Goo[?] ^86^ A Hall
W Secor Geo. R. Millard
Thomas Miller jr John Stout
W, S. Durham E. Howell Jr
James F. Howell
A. C. Sherwood John Whiting
Norman Hopkins John A. Nicholds
Charles E, French
A L. Underhill T, A. Wilcox
[Eli?] Robinson
W E Brown
G T, Canford [Mark?] [Taylor?]
H Snyder [Ea?] Fisk
J S Blanck John Q Dudley
L Biles
J. B, [Flaming?] William Brooks
J. Shannon J. W. Metcalf
C Schenck P, [Stuart?]
Wm E. Bonham R [?]
Samuel Mosier [?]
A B Beckwith D [W Wheeler?]
Ginla McPawling [A?]lexander Addams
T J French Warren Gleason
Reuben Robie James Lyon
A. D. Read
J. H. Foss B. C. Ward
Perry Topping
J M Chamberlain C. W. Campbell
J, [Darwin?] Dorr L H Read
H H Hull J R Barrett
Jas, M, Willow Daniel Deg[?]
R C Green [Vestus?] Chapin
Asa Blood^148^ Ira Robinson^X^
Clark Potter Simeon, Vanwinkle.
Merlin Graham Watermon Jenks
[W?] S Mulhollon
John Abel [H?]. P. Ferris
G, Schanck [M Y?] Hubbard
H, D, Smead E. M. Smead
R, I, Milligan A. S. Rarney
R Campbell Jr Jno R Gansevoort
Caleb R. Disbrow James Webster
David Lane Russel Taylor
S White [F?]. C [Caruthers?]
Oliver Monell F Cooper
Nathan [Barney?] Ira Brown
George H [hults?] [F. M. McCay?].
A DeWolf
J A Reynolds S. R. [?]
L W Botsford P. S. Perine
John Sergent M Brownell
Miles [Terril?] John Brambel
John Caruthers Daniel Goodsell
Charles [Terril?] A H [Silsbe?]
Andrew Smith ^[?]^ C B Torrence
D L. Bissell Anson Frisbee
Joseph [H?] Davis Abel White
[?]
John B. Pawling Jno D Higgins
Henry Cotes
H Townsend John W. Fowler.
[J?] Daniel Baileau W. W. McCay.
John Lanning Samuel Hicock jr^X^
James Read G. H Knight
Peter Halsey Joseph Foss
Jas Hogeland^208^ James Manley
R M Lyon
Wm Tyler E [F?] Cook
Harris Abbe [Isaac?] Collyer
Larry Grogan Gilbert B. Ferris
John Mallett Wm T Chase
Moses Mowers Stephen [Collins?]
P A Mills Richard [Collins?]
W, M, Lyon Daniel C[?]
Wm Aber
E L Platt Wm Coss
John Edger
A. [Busbee?] [Lera?] Bradley
silvester Smith Horace Haydon
E W [Cotta?] William Van[?]mbegh
Phineas Warren Wm Hamilton
Ancel Hays Orren Smith
Brokenberry Watkins Peter F Osborn
J H Sharp Samuel [R Wilber?]
D J Sunderline Hiram [Rusk?]
Cyrus Lee Edwin Smith
J. Lanowe Elam [Frink?]
Elijah Hanks
J. Van Valkenburgh Robt F. McCay.
S. S. [Rogers?]
Samuel Benjamin 3d Epaphras Bull
Ira [P?] Edwards F, B, Miller
[P?], C, Wheeler,^262^ D Williams
N, W, Green E [?]
James S Brown Lewis Smith^X^
Morgan Holmes W Wornbough Jr
Joseph Kushner M. Sexton
Albert, [Hall?] S. Hadley
W, H, Sansom Wm Faulkner
Joseph Cross Benj Wedge
Burr Gregory John Haley
Daniel Lord Daniel [Fuel?]
Samuel Cornell James Cavenough
Stephen. A. Wood Anthony Finagan
H. M. Miller Ira Green
L M. Miller Wm Edwards
[Otis?] Maxwell O. I Farnum
Orlando Haley P Mowers
James Parks Jr Addison Niles
John Heron Henry Vanamburgh
John Fosett Philip [Stump?]
Ephraim S [Fletcher?] Eli Bidwell Jr
M. Brown Jeremiah Black
Harry Smith D [oldreily?]
Silvester W Drake Peter Skinkle
Samuel French. William Skinkle
Edward Oneil John Skinkle
James Smith L. D, Hodgman
Joseph Wheeler T K [Mowers?]
John Nicholds Peter Simerman
Harvy P Lucas Zenas Taylor
Henry [?] James P Hand
Charles Stebbins James Lindsay
O. F. Marshal Benjamin [Nebirt?]
William Guernsey Henry. C. May
Thomas Davison Russel Bunnell
Jerome Smallidge W Edwin Bidwell
Edward B Thompson Norman Benton
Geo T Spencer A. G. Chatfield
H. H. Cook Merlin [?]
A Oliver W Baily
Chas Blood Hon A. Welles
[...?]
Dudley M Chase P S Lawrence
T, W, Whiting H Brundage
Endress Faulkner, S van pelt^X^
S W Alden^345^ H, L, Comstock
Rev. F. S. Gaylord Adam Haverling
A J Smith Geo. Edwards
Joseph Carter D M Coss
Charles Purdy John [Tole?]
William Clisdell John Mcpherson
John Miller Oren [Wilboks?]
John Richardson Jr George Wheeler
John, D, Griswold Warner Gilbert
Jerome B Hunt
J, K, Hale J. C. Peck
Jared H Goodrell
Almon Eggleston H. Bennett
E S Lain Peter Hunter
John Raffity
Andrew Rutherford R. Alderman
Houghton Alger
Hervey Lake
Thos McNiece Franklin B. French
Thomas Collins James Cook
I Ingersoll
W B [F?]arr Jacob Ward
C Lovejoy Chs. [Willow?]
C. B. Welch S. G. Hathaway Jr
M B Stone ^X^Henry S, Barte, Jr,^X^
William Chapman James May
James, A, Otis^396^ B. C. Smith
John Pike Thomas Maxwell
Kitchell Lyon
John Little
P. S, Donahe Anson Rowe
Samuel Gillet E. H Smith
S, L, May E Howell
W. B. Johnson John T French
John N Hovey [?] Moses Cotes
O Hunt
Barnebas Clark Saml L Selden
[Amos?] Cross
Wm M Teller B, F, [Howard?]
[A. R. Barnett?] Augustus Tyler
Jacob [grant?]
W M Hawley Wm Kelley ^[416?]^
Edward Gerue^X^ Joseph L White
John Mcconnel
E, F, Church J. G, Barte
D B Garlinghouse James De Puy
G A. [Rogers?] C. Waggoner
L. W. Russ.
James French Aaron Barber
M. D. De Puy [David Thomson?]
Joel Bullard
Andrew P Shults R Thayer
Willard Storms N Harris
Reuben [Wilber?] Wm [J Neally?]
Henry Rising John L Smith
J, C, Smead Thaddeus Stewart
Deloss, Rose Marshal Stewart
R B Wilkes John [Corey?]
Ira Read Bartholomew Wilkes^448^
Henry Van Hoosen Jr D. Parsons
Truman Strong Henry Miller
Orace Tucker Benj G, Cook
D H Hinds W W Mo[?]
William H Walton [?] D D [Lewis?]
Caleb Allen Samuel Bellis
Warner M Aldrich Peter Sutton
F Crandal Amasa Dickey
George Rutherford
Tomppkins Covert John S French
Mosis Crockstone
^X^Philip Whitman T J Boileau
Gurdin Munsel John Diley^485^
Stephen Taylor John [Richtmyer?]
Ira H Horton
E, W, Moss James R [Sloan?]
A J Peck Zechariah Hibler
Wm Thomas
James McCartney Isaac Craft
[?]
Wm Morgan G. B. Richardson
James Dunn James Stewart
P [Marlew?] David Miller
P, Howley George, Renshaw
Thomas Wilcox Edwd Y, Knapp
^X^Caleb Chase George W Earnest^510^
Geo. W Taylor Fredrick Howard
Geo H Roger
Jesse Concklin David Chissom
Samuel Davis James Dier
John Faulkner Peter Johorn
F, Holden. John Hedges
C Coston [?] L Brace^525^
John D Yost
Henry S Yost^X^

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New York
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Petition of N. V. Knickerbacker & 524 others citizens of Steuben Co. N.Y. for the passage of a Law making newspapers free for 30 miles & a uniform rate of for Letters.
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May 29, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Com Post offices and post routes

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, Â