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. |
| Jas D. Churchill | Plymouth | Peter W McLanthlen | Kingston |
| George Simmons Jr. | " | [?] Simmons | do |
| Samuel Gardner | Plymouth | Joseph T Cushman | " |
| Henry Carter | Plymouth | Daniel Vaughn | Carver |
| Wm Pierce | A A Hall | Kingston | |
| John T Hall | of Plymouth | Orra F Gerald | " |
| Edmund Robbins | " do " | George L Baker | " |
| Joseph W. Hodgkins | – | J E Sawyer | Hanson |
| George W. Virgin | Do | G. F. Stetson | |
| Franklin Monroe | W. H. Moore | So Braintree | |
| Wm William Osborne | Hanson | William C Stoddard | " " |
| Maurice Colbert | " " | ||
| Elbrdge Burney | S M Dunton | " " | |
| James L Monroe | Hanson | Chas Gifford | Braintree |
| Joseph B. Weaver | Freetown | Theo. D Randall | So. Braintree |
| John. C. Hammond | Samuel S French | " " | |
| Alden Bradford | C. J. Hood | S Braintree | |
| R Rhodes | [?] | J H Mellus | " " |
| George Curtis | C W Mansfield | " " | |
| Samuel Vorton | So Abington | Nathl Pratt | Hanson |
| Ethen. A. Leach | So Abingon | Augustus. Erskine Esq | |
| Charles Cook | David Carter | ||
| Henry Hobart [?] | So. Abington | Benjn B. Blake | |
| Benjamin Hobart [Jr?] | So. Abington | Jason Hersey | |
| Thomas Foster | South Abington | J | |
| Nahum A Gurney | " | Charles F Gurney | " |
| Jno. L. Nast | " | Saml P. Reed | " |
| E[?] Robinson | [?] Reed Blanchard | So. Weymouth | |
| Charles F Gurney | " | Jason Farrington | "So. We" |
| E. S. Wright. | So Weymouth | Martin Thomas | "So. We" [?] " |
| Lysander Hollis | John A Q Thomas | "So. We" | |
| James. Rackliff | "So. We [?]" | ||
| Abington | 61 |
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Petition of J. D. Churchill & 60 others, in favor of Cheap Postage.
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Horace Mann
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Committee on Post Offices & Post Roads.
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,