To the Honorable, the House of Representatives in Congress:
The undersigned, residents of the County of Onondaga, in the State of New York, respectfully
represent: That the Act of Congress, passed at its last session, imposing postage
upon newspapers within thirty miles of Publication, tends in their judgment greatly
to prevent the general diffusion of intelligence, and its repeal would greatly promote
the public interest. They, therefore, respectfully ask for its repeal.
Dated, Syracuse, February, 1848.| John S Holcomb | Felix Benton |
| Chancy Bruce | Oscar [Brewer?] |
| Daniel F. Fowler | Jonathan Marshall |
| John Mack | Levi Locke |
| Adolph B Osborn | Jonah L Earll |
| James. Reiley | Abram Holcomb |
| William Reed | Edward Rhoades |
| J J Glass | Henry McDowell |
| S H Hungerford | |
| C. H. Toll | John [Bruch?] |
| A. H. Toll. | [Marion?] A Foster |
| Peter Reed | Russel D Bentley |
| S, G, McDowell | Henry [Bony?] |
| I J Howe | [?] C [Mead?] |
| A H Parsons | William [Warner?] |
| Samuel Coleman | [Tanny H?] [?] |
| Joshua Parsons | O P, Snow |
| Wm Laughlin Jr | Calvin [Sorel?] |
| V B Butler | Horace Spalding |
| Patrick King | Reuben Spalding |
| Mathew English | Moses H Wever |
| Geo H Flower | Alfred Tremain |
| H A Richmond | Smith Wood |
| [?] Sweet | A C Furbash |
| [J?] T House | J McDowell |
| Hiram Barns | W. W. Emerick |
| Isaac Bentley jr | A. Emerick |
| Eben [Ingalsbe?] | |
| Ansel A Phinney | Henry Duboll |
| Daniel De[?] | Charles [Filkin?] |
| Abel Wever | Isaac. Peck |
| Maynard [Ingalsbe?] | Enos. Tillotson |
| [T?], D, Spaulding | M. O. S. Paul |
| Anson Perry | John [Daniels?] |
| E. [P?]. Buck | Leonard Foster |
| Aaron, B, Skinner | Wm Ward |
| R G Freeman | C. R. Bently |
| M H Earll | Leonard Warner |
| Harrison Lester | J Decker |
| Cyrus Johnson | D, D. T, Tail. |
| John S Morley | Albert Betts |
| James Drew | S. [Trish?] |
| Harlo, [Williams?] | G A Stickle |
| Jacob O. Loomis | Amos Warner |
| [William?] [Brown?] | John M Conant |
| Henry [P?] Starke | Seneca Filkin |
| Nelson Burrill | Asa Steel |
| Jerome Whitney | Wm T Gibson |
| C H Stickle | George Dixon Jr |
| Peter Bell | John Dixon |
| Henry Bell | Luther C Taylor |
| Daniel Strong | R Chandler |
| Reuben C Parker | Eli Evans |
| William Mack | Samuel Gilley |
| L. H. Clark | Edson Corwin |
| James Smith | Jacob. Andrews |
| Rufus Foster | James Auger |
| John Barney | William Rose |
| John Freeman Jr | Alensen Betts |
| David W Frisbie | Elihu Darry |
| Sylvester. Richmond | R. S. Dean |
| Darwin L Pickard | W. B Miller |
| [Andrew?] [Vanderburgh?] | |
| Ira, H, Richardson | |
| Orlando. Mallory. | |
| Francis Loomis | |
| R C. Dunham. | |
| E, Locke | |
| H P Stark | |
| D, M. Bentley | |
| John. Harper. | |
| Amos Fowler | |
| Edwin, McDowell | |
| Loren Thead | |
| Hilus Foster | |
| A. Dunham | |
| Jacob [Hugamin?] | |
| James. G, Fergus | |
| G, W, Evans | |
| Derrick L Filkin |
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The petition of Citisens of Onondaga ga Co. N.Y. praying for a repeal of news paper postage law
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Refd Come on Post Office &c
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June 15. 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office And Post Roads
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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,