To the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:
The undersigned respectfully request that you will relinquish the franking privilege,
and reduce ordinary letter postage to the uniform rate of two cents, and that of Newspapers, and all printed matter, in due proportion.
| Fellows Wadswuth & Co | ^City of New York^No 17 Maiden Lane. |
| Francis [Torrey?] & Sons. | N. York, No 6. Maiden Lane. |
| Horstmann, Sons & Drucker | ""8 Maiden Lane |
| [?] Irwin & Co. | ""10 Maiden Lane |
| J. N. Sewall | ""12 Maiden Lane |
| Js J. Cox. | "15 Maiden Lane |
| [?] & [Th?] | "13 Maiden Lane |
| Read, Taylor & Co | 9 Maiden L. |
| R & A. Lane | "11 Maiden Lane |
| Wm H Smith & Co | 4 M. Lane |
| Adriance Strung & Co | 2 Maiden Lane |
| Draper & Richards | 5 Maiden Lane |
| [Read?] & [Sc?] | 7 Maiden Lane |
| Blunt Syms | 25 Maiden Lane |
| Geo R [Cholwell?] | 24 Maiden Lane |
| Alexr & Jno Ramsey | 25 Maiden Lane |
| Martelle & Hoblermann | 37 maiden Lane |
| Berger & Walter | 37 Maiden Lane |
| [Rataux?] & Guille | 39 Maiden Lane. |
| F Landry | 92 fulton St |
| A W [Waruth?] | 41 Maiden Lane |
| James Shyfe | 43 Maiden Lane |
| E Fuller | 45 Maiden Lane |
| Rokenbaugh Conner & Dater | 57 Maiden Lane |
| Richards & Cromwell | 63 Maiden Lane |
| Abner L Ely | 65 Maiden Lane |
| Hook & Townsend | 79 maiden Lane |
| Job Chandler & Foster | 81 Maiden Lane |
| B M Crowell. | 85 Dey St |
| M. Ward & Co. | 83 Maiden Lane |
| J H Clark. | 83 "" |
| D Hunt | "" |
| Edwd P Hayes [pr?] [WFH.?] | 85 "" |
| Wolfe & [Bishop?] | 87"" |
| L. Kilbourne | |
| Wakeman & [Davey?] | 76"" |
| [?] Haight & C | 68 Maiden Lane |
| T. [Feldheimer?] | "" |
| [C?] Packer & Co | 62 "" |
| J B [?] Co | 58 Maiden Lane |
| Chs Ahrenfeldt | "" |
| Crane & [nitchie?] | 52 maiden Lane |
| Smith Torres & Co | 50 Maiden lane |
| John Warrin | 48 Maiden Lane |
| J W Greene | 44 Maiden Lane |
| C D Hine | 45 "" |
| Peter [Dern?] | 98 Fulten St |
| [Pinkney?] & Clark | 42 Maiden lane |
| [D?] J Newhardt & Barnett | 42 "" |
| Henry Grinnel | 40 "" |
| Purdy & Robbins | 34 "" |
| Richard Kipling | 32 "" |
| Fellows Van Andale Cooper | """ |
| Backus Osborne & Co. | 13 "" |
| G. D. Nichols | 75 Beckman St |
| Marsh & Fear | 66 Nassau St. |
| [Pusse?] L Brooks | No 65 & 67 Nassau St |
| J Thomas & Son | # 63 Nassau St |
| E [?] | 63 Nassau St |
| P Taber | 58 Nassau St |
| Geo. E White | 58 Nassau St |
| William S. Morgan | dodo |
| [?] Stearns Co | 37 Nassau St |
| [Doumendt?] Butkus | 33 Nasau St |
| Halsted, Haines & Co | 31 Nassau st. |
| J Cunningham | Custom House New York |
| Wm M Eddy | 625 Washington St |
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Petition of many Citizents of the City of New York for the abolition of the franking
privilege & a reduction of the rates of postage
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June 3. 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Mr Maclay
N.Y.
N.Y.
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,