PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:The undersigned, Citizens of Massachusetts, respectfully petition Congress to pass
a Law to establish A UNIFORM RATE OF Postage, not to exceed ONE CENT ON Newspapers, and TWO CENTS on each PRE-PAID Letter of half an ounce, for ALL DISTANCES.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
| NAMES. | RESIDENCE. | NAMES. | RESIDENCE. |
| Wm. C. Brown. | Chelsea, Ms. | Caleb Bradbury | East Cambridge, Ms. |
| W. H. Dalrymple | Hopkinton " | Geo. W. Frost | Boston |
| Geo. C. Beckwith, | Boston. | Geo. W. Williams | East Cambridge Mass |
| Geo. W. Frost | Charlestown | Wm M. Kendall, | Chelsea" |
| H. N Hovey | East Cambridge | H. H. Day, | New London. Ct. |
| M. Dwight, | Chelsea | Joel A Steele, | Boston mass. |
| Albert Ellis | Walpole | B. G. Sawyer. | Sudbury." |
| Geo W Harlow | Boston | M. M. Farrington, | Brewster," |
| J B Chapman | Nashua N.H. | 41 | |
| James Howard | Malden | ||
| Wm M. Thayer | North Chelsea Mass | ||
| Thos W. Neal | Boston | ||
| Chas H. Currier. | Chelsea. Mass. | ||
| George B Blake | Chelsea Mass, | ||
| Sam. K. J. [Chester?] | Pautucket. R.I. | ||
| N. W. Robinson | Boston Mass. | ||
| C. D. Strong. | Boston Mass. | ||
| A J Benyon | Chelsea Ms. | ||
| John O Barrett | Townsend | ||
| Franklin Ranel, | Boston | ||
| Sebastian. S. Dunn | No Bridgwater Mass, | ||
| E. R Rich | Boston | ||
| Richard Tenney | Georgetown Mass | ||
| Geo. Emerson | Malden" | ||
| Benj W. Kingsbury | Newton Centre. " | ||
| F Davis | Boston" | ||
| Wm H Brown | Boston, Ms. | ||
| Sewell Phelps | Boston" | ||
| Joshua Ware | Boston" | ||
| Oliver Petton | "" | ||
| Lewis Bates | Sandwich Mass | ||
| C E Perkins | Chelsea Mass | ||
| John T. Swett, | Boston" |
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Hon. D. P. King
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Massachusetts.
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Petition of Wm C. Brown and 41 others, citizens of Mass. for a cheap and uniform rate of postage.
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December 18. 1848. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Com. on Post Office & p. roads
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by D. P King
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,