Petition to Congress for Cheap Postage.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress A assembled:The undersigned, citizens of New Hampshire, respectfully petition Congress to pass
a Law to establish a uniform rate of Postage not to exceed one cent on any Newspaper
and half a cent on juvenile papers, and two cents on each pre-paid Letter of half
an ounce, for all distances, and, as in duty bound, will every pray:
| Benj[a?], D, Howe | N. W. Goddard |
| Samuel T Brainard | S. [H?]. Dyer. |
| Alfred N. Tracy | George Hitchcock |
| George O [P Way?] | Chas. Young |
| Baruch Chase | Bela T. Chapin |
| D, A, [Clay?] | David Taylor [jr?] |
| Lucetta Spalding | Amos Noyes |
| Barbary A. L. Allen | Mary L Noyes |
| Sarah H. Allen. | P. A. Alexander |
| Louisa Mitchell | Sumner Putnam |
| Esther A. Liscomb | Samuel [Tutherly?] |
| Henry Colby | Hiram. W. [Hubbard?] |
| Dianthe Densmore | Loren W. Jones, |
| Ann E. Towne. | George W Wilson |
| Austin Browne | Carroll W, Peabody |
| Isaac Sanborn | R, V, Fuller, |
| Dudley Bond | Sylvester Wheeler |
| E L Goddard | John Marsh |
| Edwin Sanford | Alonzo [Thomas?] |
| Russell B. Walker. | Alvah Stevens |
| John, F, Mellen | D. C. Hunt. |
| Thos Sanford | Loranas Tinkham |
| Jas [Vanderpelt?] | Susan McGregory |
| Eliphalet Basseau | Lucius H. Jones.^84 6^ |
| D F Robinson | Abby Mansur. |
| Saml G, Jarvis. | Sarah Mansur |
| Edward Ainsworth | Maria A. Marshall |
| Chas [V?], Barker | John Marshall |
| Wm H Briggs | Judith Winship |
| Jos Parkhurst | Lucius G. Downer |
| William Earl |
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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,