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. |
| Martin Lincoln | Boston | Daniel B Ford | Boston |
| Saml W. Wales | "Bo" | Edward T Talbot | Boston |
| G R Anderson | "Bo" | James Whipple | " |
| T B Abbott | "Bo" | C L Newton | Boston |
| Solomon Hall | "Bo" | David Graves | " |
| Charles B Buntt | "Bo" | Hurlington Grant | Boston |
| William A White | "Bo" | Luke P Lincoln | do |
| John Y Keating | Boston | Alfred G Crane | do |
| Lucius P Hayward | "Bo" | E. H Higgins | Do. |
| Wm Davenport | "Bo" | John R Call | " |
| James Harris | "Bo" | Joseph Horr | " |
| Thomas Means | "Bo" | Seth J. Gilman | " |
| E. D. Fisher | Bo" | Levi Bailey | Boston |
| William Copeland | Bo" | Fredk P. Conant | " |
| O F Lucas | "Bo" | Daniel B Rowe | " |
| Samuel T Jeffers | Bo" | Hezekiah L Perry | Dorchester |
| Mortimer Lyon | Bo" | E. W. Marden | Boston |
| M. V. Lincoln | Boston | Albert N Scott | Boston |
| J W Howard | " | Jairus A. Frost | " |
| Jesse Bachelder | Fitchburg | John Hendry | " |
| Saml C Wilkins | Boston | Horace Waldron | |
| William Purbeck | " | E H Lono | Boston |
| Wolcott Hamlin | " | J. A. Wetherly | Boston |
| A. C. Lawrence | " | Edward S Snafitter | " |
| Alphonso Jones | " | Wm. P. Tolman | " |
| Edwin Allyn | " | Wm Macfarlane | " |
| E. W. F. Rice | " | John J Arnaud | Boston |
| Wm Hancock | Boston | James Folsom | Boston |
| Albert Stedman | " | William Lawrence | Do |
| P. Stedman | Boston | Wm F Churchill | " |
| Leland Thurston | Boston | George Woods | " |
| D. B. Carleton | " | Chas F. Classen | " |
| C F. Stafford | " | W. K. Leach | Boston |
| [ecta?] N. Lincoln | No Newton | Lucius Bemis | |
| Sarah Watson | "Bo" | Charles H Jensson | |
| Mary B. Viles | "Bo" | ||
| Dorcus B. Baldwin. | West Newton. | ||
| Mary Wildes. | "Bo" | ||
| Nancy A. Gragg. | "Bo" | ||
| Abby. C. Ford. | "Bo" | Lucy D. Osborn | "Bo" |
| Emily S. Conant. | "Bo" | Caroline M. Francis | "Bo" |
| Hannah W Townsend. | "Bo" | ||
| Lizzie Weir. | "Bo" | Mary M. Knight. | "Bo" |
| Mary A Jenison. | "Bo" | Mary J. Walker | "Bo" |
| Adaline A. Damon | "Bo" | ||
| Rebecca P Darling | "Bo" | ||
| Harriet. S. Boody | "Bo" | Hannah Hall. | "Bo" |
| Abby Drury. | "Bo" | Edith Pennock. | "Bo" |
| Julia Thayer | "Bo" | ||
| Hanah Wright. | "Bo" | ||
| Elvira Rogers | "Bo" | ||
| Caroline Dresser. | "Bo" | S Ann Rowe. | "Bo" |
| Emma S. D. Burritt | "Bo" | Charlotte Colburn | "Bo" |
| Alice Cunningham | "Bo" | Sarah E. Richardson | "Bo" |
| Elizabeth F. Morse. | "Bo" | Laura S. Brigham | "Bo" |
| Harriet Peirce. | "Bo" | Elizabeth Roffe. | "Bo" |
| Carrie D. Cotton. | "Bo" | ||
| Harriet A. Sanderson. | "Bo" | ||
| Lizzie G. Barber. | "Bo" | Lucy G. Metcalf | |
| Frances. L. Kingsley | "Bo" | ||
| Elizth R. Barney | |||
| Beraiah Rice. | "Bo" | ||
| E W Chamberlin | "Bo" | Frances M. Baker | |
| E. F. Dascomb. | "Bo" | Harriette S. Fader | "Bo" |
| M. L. Moseley | "Bo" | E. G. J. | |
| Sarah E. Gannett. | "Bo" | ||
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Petition of citizens Martin Lincoln of Massachusetts of 115 others in be half of Cheap Postage
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December 19, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Horace Mann of Massachusetts
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Comtee on Post Offices & Post Roads.
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Hon. H. Mann
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,