menu


PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, Citizens of^Geneva^ Ontario County New Yorkrespectfully 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 for other corresponding reforms.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
Howard Stagg John S Dox
H, B, Cone B. Slosson.
D. C. Taylor
Isaac Platt W H Smith
J. B. [Sweeyy?] Saml Greene Jr
R Simpson. Chas. E. Silsby
S. B. Kindig John S Dey
S. Sanderson Chas. Tway
H. C. Prouty Wm S Curtis
Isaac Collins Jr T. P. Bogert.
E. Sims E. H. M Urd
J F Grove. John G. Wheeler
R. E. Mallery W H Pearl
A B Woode William Goodwin
Robt Mitchell.
Chas: J. Folger. W S Hayward.
H. Parmelee
Henry E White. P. J. Dorchester
R. T. Hollett M S. Graham
Peter M. Dox N. [Tamblingon?]
Upton Dorsey
David Hudson Abraham B. Hall
[Julian?] H Swift H. L. Suydam
Wm A. Dorsey
Aaron Young A. D. Platt.
David S. Hall Jno [Bachenstore?]
Edw R Dox I. T. Riley
T. Parkinson John R Johnston
James. H. Snell
Robt E Murray John White
Thomas Hollingshead
John Simpson Philotus Gaylord
John Ide Henry Whitmore
Jacob Belgrave Nathan D Stowell
William Wright D. D. Chapin
H C Finch Wm Moshier
William Jones James Don Levy
W Van [Franken?] A [t?] [Bradt?]
E. B. Young H Savage
S. Chopin L. W. Lacy
Goh Mtchell Wm Hudson
George Ardell Jas Whitwell
Joel Gleason John Whitwell
Rodman Reed Jacob [Landage?]
[?]
T [?] Jr J. H. Nichols
Edwin Barnard Wm Perkins
John. L. Bennett R Robbins
M. C. Young
John Devereux H Miller
Charles Bridgers F. P. Wood
N [?] [Kipp?]
M Godfrey A B Van Duyn
Samuel Taylor W. H Watson
E Kingsland P Prouty
John H. Williams J Mead
N. B Ridder Thomas J Dryer
Thomas [?]
Joseph Robinson Wm Brundage
Sumner Rhoades
D. Orville Crane George N. Dox
T R. [Lambert?] Lyman Noyes
J E Greene A. Altman
C Lombard Jr L Lyon
George. C Seelye H H Seelye
Corydon Whiat Wm Gardner. Jr
R. H. Lawrence Saml Wilson
[Geo?] Mowry Seth Graves
G W. Lathrop Henry A Gray
S. M. [Monson?] C. A. Canfield
Wm O Taylor Henry [Frusham?]
D. W. C. Rice E. Dakin
Wm G Morrell Wm E Hayes
W L Beard George Bean
G. M. [Lundy?] W F Edington
J. M Page Wm G Ackley
<Page 2>
[ docketing ]
Citizens of Ontario Co., N.Y.
[ docketing ]
Petition of 140 citizens of Geneva N. York for a reduced and uniform rate of postage
[ docketing ]
May 31. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
[ docketing ]
Com. on P. O. & P. Roads
Mr Hunt

Partially Printed Document Signed, 4 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,