To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:
June 26, 1848.
The undersigned respectfully request that you abolish the franking privilege and reduce
ordinary letter postage to two cents and that of newspapers in due proportion.
Sewickley, Ohio Township Allegheny Co PennaJune 26, 1848.
| Jos. I. Travelli | |
| William Woods | D. E. Nevin |
| [G. N. M. Pinyton?] | John Way |
| Jno. L Williams | A. M. Reid |
| James Grimes | |
| John. R Garrison | James Ellis |
| Baldwin Gray | G [H?] Starr |
| James [Mc?] Williams | Bruce Tracy |
| Samuel [Morgan?] | Walter Scholefield. |
| James [Poston?] | |
| D C Taylor | |
| [L. H. Haslen?]. | James Gray |
| John Hay | |
| Robert Anderson | Hugh Fleming |
| Charles Alexr Hay | G W Scholefield |
| Thomas [Bisotch?] | James P. Mans |
| John Mitchell | Saml D. Miller |
| Wm C Harry | Stephen Dickson |
| Jas Ralston | James Miller |
| Richd Allen | William Gray |
| Elias Grimes | Joseph Croft |
| [H. Depstron?] | David Gready |
| Thomas Stevenson | J Allison |
| [P?] E Goff | S. Shepard |
| Simon Holdsinger | Samuel [Ricky?] |
| John C, Little | James Calhoon |
| Jas W Garrison | John M Little |
| Wilson Merryman |
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petition of citizens of Allegheny county pennsylvania praying congress to abolish
the franking privilege, and reduce ordinary letter postage to two cents, and that
of newspapers in due proportion
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July 6. 1848.
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Refered to com. on post. office & post. Roads
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M. Hampton
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,