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Petition to Congress for Cheap Postage.
To the Senate & House of Representatives in Congress Assembled,
The undersigned, Citizens of Portland & vicinity, respectfully petition Congress to pass a law to establish a uniform rate of postage not to exceed One cent for newspapers, And Two cents on each prepaid letters of half an ounce, for all distances; And for other corresponding reforms. And as in duty bound, will ever pray.
Andw G. Senter Robert. J. Robison
Josephus Nash William Senter
F. A. Quinby Chas C. Haskell
J. F. Canter James Scott
J J Brown Robert Follansbee
Joseph Ilsley Abner Lowell
James Appleton Jr. Henry E. Perley
Thomas. R. Jones H. N. Jose
Robt S Randull H Quincy
A. B. Crockett Saml Hanson
Wm A. Goodwin Wm Steele
Louis J. de Creny Edwd Osnard
John Osnard
[Abiel?] Somerby James H. Roach
Enoch. Brazier Henry R Stickney
H. T. Little P. S. Nixen
Chas E Beckett. C F Little
[Benje?] Longly John C Procter
T. F. Tolman H. [I?] Parson
S. L Carleton Edw [Dewey?]
John W. Munger Brown Thurston
S. Longfellow Joseph T Sawyer
Chas E Marnick Neal Dow
Henry C. Lovell A. Shirley
Jacob M Lellan Charles Barbour
Thomas Stallard Lewis B. Smith.
J. S. Palmer William Akerman
J. D. Lincoln J. A. Nye
L. D. Mupley William Chase
L. L. Batchelder E. N. Tekesbury
J. C. Lane. R. W. Thaxter
N. O. Crane Cyril Pearl
Eli Grover Wm H. Jerris
Wm Collegan Oliver M Nash
L E Silsby H. Brazier
Freeman Whitney George Payson
Wm J. Lord. John S. Clemons
H E Sargent N. P. Richardson
Fredk Lowell Wm Leavitt
S. H. Sanborn E L Stevens
John Kingsbury H G Quincy
James R Hawke Charles Staples, Jr.
Edmund Winship C. C. Tobiel.
Reuben Kent. Wm H Wales
C W F Burckett A Bucknam
Moses G. Dow James E Femald
Royal. B. Todd William Elliot
Paul G Blanchard E B Goddard
William Bird A H Cutter
John [Chester?] Benja Larrabee
Merrill Huston A[?]
F F Walker Calvin Gilson
D M G Foster Geo Edwin Small
Saml R Leavitt Thomas R. Hayes.
Geo Gregg Geo: Waldens
H. B. Wright Lucius L [Banett?]
Jas M [Bauman?] S. B. Haskell
George E. Rackby Jr. Edwd Motley
John Styers jr J. O. Baneroft
J F Safford F. Hatch
Franklin Partridge. Joseph H Perley
L. D [M?]. Sweat J S Barley
Norton Stover [?] James Todd
Paul Stover Wm Wood
Charles Jones Geo Read
Wm Walker Jno Patten
[Alyah?] C Stover Geo Emery
Thomas [Toben?] C. A. Leach.
Rufus Nichols. V. K. Harmon
C P Farwell Moses Merrill
Wm H. Dyer Charles S. D. Griffin.
James M. Johnson Henry T. Cummings
Wm H Merrill J. R. Milliken
Wm H Prince [N?]. W. Elsworth
Jas H Huckins H. H. Hay
Wm Jardan L Weeks
Edward B [?] Jr Jos L. Smith
Wm Hutchison Francis E Webster
John Curtis Jno E Hamilton
A. K. Shurtleff Lemuel Moody
Benj. Whitmore R King Porter
Lewis Mitchell C. K. Kirby.
Wm. Hammond L. T. Jackson.
Charles. H. Blake. W H Shaw
John Paine Q. P. Pratt
Edward Hiller Jr. Henry B. McCobb
Frederick Swift Geo. E. Taylor
Samuel [Baneu?] John L Waterhouse
Simeon Clough John C Plumer
J B Clough [Bad?] Merrill
Jno: Wm: Dana. C A Perkins
Wm W. Rand. A. A. Cutter
Saml. S Rich B. F [Dermitt?]
S Johnson John Gunnison
Aug. T. Arrowsmith V. M. Richardson
Charles Payson Geo. M. Howe.
John Munroe Eliphalet Clark
David Ross Daniel L Choate
Robt Ross Francis Crague
R Mitchell Sm N Prince
Wm Allen George. H. Cole
John L Norton William Weeks.
203
J E, Dowell D W Niles
James Bailey Jr Wm T. Davis
R. S. Goodhue E D Seavey
Horace Felton Eben Vason
N. J. Gilman. L. W. Merrill
[Alin?] Osier Robert Boyd
H, Thurston C. E. Crane
Wm C Kimball W S Jordan
J. Longfellow Jr A P Robinson
J B Coyle Winslow H [Purinton?]
Ezra Clark Joshua Taylor
Wm H Hinsman Sam. J. Anderson
John B Woodbury Charles B Merrill
Charles Bradbury Edward. W. Anderson
John W. Gilbert Josiah L. Thomas.
Jacob Quinby Charles Blake
Eben Seavey Thos Warren 120
Hiram Covell P. W. Neal
C. C. Harmon. Josiah Waterhouse
John M Adams121 Seward Merrill
Jonathan M Knopp Alvah Sibley
William [M?] Strong Jos P. Chamberlin
Alvan G Sawyer Alden Chandler
Wm H Steele Moses Gould
Benjamin Thompson Samuel Keen Jr
Abel Sawyer W. Capen
W. D. Robinson
256
E. S. True
Geo. Colman260 Charles N Leach
Frederick [?]. Byrnes A. R. Mitchell
George W. Perkins Wm [P?]. Drinkwater
Joseph E Monroe S. T. Thoma
John. L. [Aitchison?]. A. C. Flint
John Hatch
Orland Smith William Jones
N. W. Lefavor J M [Coolbrott?]
Leonard Greenwood Nathaniel Haskell
Henry P. Lord. Andrew Jackson
John H. Gile Samuel D Graffam
F A Libbey A W Whitmere
[Geo?] C. Grunby. Robert [Hillon?]
Chas H. Carruthers Charles Pennell
Geo. M. Silsbee Obadiah E. Morrill.
James L Merrill Joshua Tolford
Benjamin Ruggles H. C. Barnes
L. L. Robinson. J. G. Robinson
A C Morton Frank Wilson
Sidney Hackett Samuel McLettan
James Guptill Moses Turner
Geo B Sturgis Luther Tower
300
W Mitchell Levi S. Brown
J. C. Brooks,
Portland May 31/48
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Petition To Congress
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Maine
Petition of Andrew G. Senter and 304 other citizens of Portland & vicinity praying Congress to pass a law to establish a uniform rate of postage not to exceed one cent for news papers and two cents on each pre-paid letters for all distances.
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June 5. 1848
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Referd to Committee on Post Office and Post Roads.
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A W H Clapp
Maine

Handwritten Document Signed, 3 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