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
^Rhode Island^
, 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. |
| Chrto. Comstock | Kingston R.I. | ||
| Wm Colegrove | "ingston" | Alvah Taylor | Westerly RI |
| George W Gavitt | Westerly R.I. | Gilbert Collins | "ingston" |
| Saunders York | "ingston" | Welcome A. Hoxie | "ingston" |
| Wm A. Knight | "ingston" | William E. Parkerson | "ingston" |
| L. Smith | "ingston" | Alfred A. Parkerson | "ingston" |
| D. Smith | "ingston" | Henry C Stedman | "ingston" |
| William P Coy | "ingston" | Joshua B Kenyon | "ingston" |
| L. W. [Sy?] | "ingston" | Gorton Berry | Westerly R.I |
| Thomas Perry | "ingston" | James C Andrew | "ingston" |
| Henry H Farnham | "ingston" | James M Pendleton | "ingston" |
| Henry A Brown | "ingston" | Christopher C Newbury | "ingston" |
| John Perrin | "ingston" | James [?] Pendleton | "ingston" |
| Horace Babcock | "ingston" | George [?] Rice | "ingston" |
| John P. Campbell | "ingston" | William D Pendleton | "ingston" |
| Russel Cottnel Jr | "ingston" | Franklin Purdy | "ingston" |
| Rowse Babcock | "ingston" | William H Chase | "ingston" |
| Robert C Sisson | "ingston" | Latham T Tew | "ingston" |
| Charles M Brown | "ingston" | C. R. Burdick | "ingston" |
| Charles Leonard | "ingston" | G. A. Babcock | "ingston" |
| Thoma L Palmer | "ingston" | John G. Pierce | "ingston" |
| Nathan Newbery | "ingston" | [Jirah?] I. Gray | "ingston" |
| John R Vincent | "ingston" | Thivr N Crandall | "ingston" |
| Wm D Hall | "ingston" | John G Colegrove | "ingston" |
| Elias Watrous | "ingston" | Amos Chesebro | "ingston" |
| Charles Burch | "ingston" | John C Thurston | "ingston" |
| David L Devoll | "ingston" | Charles C Bliven | "ingston" |
| Jesse L. Moss | "ingston" | Charles W Thompson | "ingston" |
| Chas H Denison. | "ingston" | Francis Hall | "ingston" |
| James H Perrigo. | "ingston" | J W Watson | Kingston |
| John Thurston | "ingston" | Dan Updike | " |
| J. Hobert Cross | "ingston" | Luke Aldrich | " |
| Edward W. Babcock | "ingston" | George Warnsley | " |
| Joseph H Lewis | "ingston" | Powell Helme | " |
| William. C. Tefft | Richmond " | Joshua B. Curtis. | " |
| George N Anthony | Kingston " | Henry C Gardiner | |
| Wm French | "ing" | [Duteo?] J P. Babcock | "ingston" |
| Nathan Adams | "ing" | Job Greenmon | "ingston" |
| Geo W Greenmon | "ingston" | ||
| Peleg Johnson | "ing" | Thos A Hasard | "ingston" |
| Daniel M. C. Stedman | " | Asa P Taylor | |
| Joseph S Taylor | "ing" | Chas D. Taylor | |
| Joseph Case | "ing" | John Mermon | Kingston |
| Philip Taylor | "ing" | 85 | |
| A. Potter | "ing" | ||
| Joseph Eaton |
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Petition of citizens
Chrsn Comstock & of 84 others of the State of Rhode Island in behalf of Cheap Postage
Chrsn Comstock & of 84 others of the State of Rhode Island in behalf of Cheap Postage
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December 19 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Horace Mann of Massachusetts
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Comtee of Post office & 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,