Geneva College 21st June 1848To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, officers and students of Geneva College, respectfully request, that
you abolish the franking power, and reduce ordinary letter postage to two cents, and that of newspapers in due proportion.
| Benj. Hale | James Hadley |
| Horace Webster | |
| Henry L. Low | Joseph Morison Clarke |
| J, W, Belden | ^[C?]^Geo. N Cheney |
| J. C. Gear | ^[C?]^Jona H Child |
| Benj. Hale Jr. | ^[C?]^Albert L. Cotes |
| A M [Leach?] | ^[H?]^John W Heywooll |
| ^[P?]^Robt N Parke | A B Johnson Jr |
| ^[S?]^Clarence A. Seward. | ^[N?]^U. A Neely |
| ^[S?]^F S. Sterling | ^[P?]^William Paret |
| Lawrence S. Stevens | ^[S?]^S. Wilder Salisbury. |
| Albert Wood | |
| Francis G Young | |
| ^[B?]^Robt Burns | |
| ^[C?]^A. T. Crego. | |
| ^A^[D?], H, Ainsworth | ^[D?]^Edward C. De Terry |
| ^D^Henry De Terry | ^[M?]^Charles L, Montgomery |
| ^[N?]^James G. Dudley | ^[P?]^DeWitt C. Peters. |
| ^D^George W Nicholas | ^[W?]^Chas H. Whaley |
| ^[D?]^James B Smith | ^[W?]^A. P. Wheeler. |
| ^[S?]^Charles W. Swift | ^[D?]^John O Delancey |
| ^[W?]^G. W. Watson | ^[H?]^Edward Hudson |
| ^[?]^Ed R Kelley | |
| ^[J?]^Geo S Jewell |
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Petition of the Officers and students of Geneva College in favor of abolishing the
franking privilege and reducing ^letter ^ postage to a uniform rate of two cents
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June 27. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Com. on P. O. & P. Roads
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Mr Hunt 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,