PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:The undersigned, Citizens ofBath Maine & Vicinityrespectfully 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 for other corresponding reforms.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
| John Patten | Henry Tallman | W P. Larrabee |
| Richard Nutter | J. C. Larrabee | E. S. J. Nealley |
| William Torrey | Cyrus Wm King | B O Weeks |
| D. F. Bakery | ||
| J. B. Swanton Jr | S C Heath | J W Linch |
| John Raymond | Otis Kimball | J. T. Howland |
| Turner McRiney | Elisha Clarke | N. Nicholls |
| Davis Hatch | Jas D Barstow | J. C. L Booker |
| David Ingalls | F W. Baxter | J. [Dimmins?] |
| C. B. Lemont | W. Gilbert | |
| Oliver Moses | Galan Clapp | Ray Palmer |
| J. B. Arnold | James [Covillard?] | John Richardson |
| G H Gardiner | Jas F Patten | Chas Clapp Jr |
| John Coakley | N. T. Ellsworth | A. G. Page |
| John Lambard | Fred D Sewell | |
| J. H. Allen | Wm Owen | F. L. Richardson |
| Peter Knight | J. T. Gilman | John Smith |
| Henry C. Donnell | Saml McLellan | Edward Hodgkins |
| Cushing Allen | John E. [Bra?] | D. C. [Mayo-?] |
| Daniel Marston | Jos. O. Blunt | Wm Barnes |
| G E R Patten | Sam D Pailer | Stephen Jewell |
| Geo. W. Kendall | A. J. Fuller | E. A Hodgkin |
| Arthur Donnell | J Coonds | Jacob Emmons |
| Robert Lilly | ||
| Jas Wakefield | T. H. G. Marston | Joel Lilly |
| H M Bovey | Samuel Reed 2d | |
| H, L, Richardson | Nathl Longley | Chas H. Kimball |
| Charles Owen | John Elliot | Danl D. Hodgkins |
| William Flye | Hiram W Hook | Zina H Robinson |
| Asa Hook | John Clifford | |
| [?] R Shaw | A B Farnham | James Oliver |
| J. S. Richardson | Th. D Robinson | C L. Owen |
| Wm Rogers | J Putnam | |
| [Fla?] Bowker | James. T. Patten | E G Wilson |
| H. W. Field | John G Morse | Enoch H Hinkley |
| Thomas. Bowles | Wm P Rodbird | Winship Reed |
| James. F Mars^100^ | Wm T. Mitchell | |
| B. Randall | ||
| Denny Kelly | A. T, Loring | [Jesse?] Robinson |
| M F Gannett | S L Lothrop | Charles Crooker |
| William V Moses | E M Robbins | W, D, Crooker |
| Geo W Harvey | William Joy | Jon Hyde |
| Wm Ranks | John Baney | Benjamin M Brown |
| George Shoper | William M. Rogers | |
| Augustus Arnold | ||
| Wm Patterson | Charles Russell | Henry B. Morse |
| Thomas S. Bowles | W H Barker | Wm Rien Jr |
| Ephraim Murphy | H. L. Houghton | |
| Wm E. Payne | N. Weld. | Peleg Rusk |
| G S Mitchell | Asa Lawson | L W Houghton |
| Reuben Sawyer | Jacob Robinson | |
| J. J. Ramsay | Andrew Heath | |
| H, E, Jenks | S L Allen | J H McLellan |
| Gershom Hyde | ||
| Daniel Larrabee | Samuel C, Bovey | Geo F Patten |
| Jas Mitchell | M L. Trott | |
| Cyrus Leman | Henry B Webb | T. G. Stockbridge |
| William F Moses | J H Bean | Eben Preble |
| F. B. Thews | ||
| C. S. Jenks | A Kimball | Th. [Harneard?] |
| Saml Swanton | ||
| Hartley [Gure?] | Benjamin Hatch | Nath Groton |
| George Davis | D. Y. Kindall | Eben Hale |
| G. Frussant | Matthew Shelfield | |
| Wm Whitney | S B Marston | Arthur Brown |
| John C. Jameson | J A Austin | Thomas Higgins |
| Aaron Williams | ||
| Jacob Smith | Hiram Fields | Charles Robinson |
| Thomas F. Donnell | F H Fassett | John Wilkinson |
| Charles W. Holmes | William H Waterman | Willard Walker |
| David Owen Jr. | James E Haley | A. Mathews |
| Insley Jewett | Danl F Clapp | Benj Morse |
| Caleb Heath | Thos D Wilner | Ellington Permelle |
| Wm M. Reed | Consider, Thomas Jr | James C Whitmor |
| S H Fuller | ||
| Chas W. Magour | Wm H Hogan | A W White |
| H. A. Hyde | Joseph Blasdell | D D Harris |
| John Parsons | L. A. Hyde | David Crooker |
| Geo H Wergman | ||
| John Shaw | Robert Babb | Timothy Hodgd. . . |
| J. Sewall | J. D Robinson | J, W, C, Morris[on] |
| Edwd H Hall | ||
| Thos [Ayres?] | Refer Powers | J. C. Drew |
| Howard P. Wiggins | R. R. Smith | |
| Levi Shattuck | Geo W. Elliot | Charles [?] |
| Joel Card | Wm W Woodbury | |
| Cornelious Farley | Chas T. Greenleaf | L. P. Lenart |
| Nathaniel [Murge?] | Saml W. Wilson | John Bidwell |
| John W Briggs | John Bosworth | Benj Prescott |
| R. S. Drummond | Ebenz Clifford | William Stacey |
| J. I. Stevens | William Carr | John Wolston |
| S, V, Given | Joseph Remick. | Wm [McPhe-?] |
| Abial Mayer | James McDewell | [Conrad?] Thomas |
| Geo Moulton | Aaron Mayers | |
| John Mitchell | ||
| Kendall Miles | C. H. Hurtwell | J. S. [Danner?] |
| Joseph T. Donnell | B S Quinmar | James Wilton |
| John M Moos Jr | Joseph Hayes | James D. Brigham |
| James Drummond | [Hait?] M Hoskins | |
| Peleg Wadsworth | Thomas Winslow | A C Dudley |
| George C Litchfield | James N Fullar | F W Shoney |
| Ammi R Mitchell | ||
| Henry H Dunton | Alex E Rackliff | William P. Smith |
| W H. Smith | W, H, Emmons | |
| Crosby Dunton | J Rideout Jr | H [Longfellow?] |
| S, W, Rogers | James L Tarber | James K Murphy |
| [Levi?] [?] | Hiram Norton | Abner Moores |
| Benjm Adam | William Willis | |
| Charles Rideout | Joseph Berny | Wm Lynch |
| Elishu Matoon | Silas S. Mitchell | B Marshall |
| J. Paige | Wm Higgins | Joshua Winslow |
| Isaac Lenant | D P Law | David Cresey |
| Abner M. Dunham | Grenville W. Gay. | Chls. Wallander |
| James R. Shaw | M F Conant400 | |
| B Reuben H, Byron | Lowell Bigelow | Benjamin Thompson |
| T. S. Trevett | L. S. Fisher | Asa Beal |
| S W. Wakefield | David Bailey | [Thos?] Brookings |
| J. N Ingalls | Thos C Jackson | Wm Field |
| W S Patten | John G Jackson | |
| H Gray | ||
| Joseph Reed | ||
| Robert Graham | Alex. McLellen | |
| E H Welch | Jacob McDaniell | |
| Timothy Casey | B F Foote | John Beals |
| D Holmes | ||
| Wm Greenleaf | L. L. Lincoln | James Cox |
| Chas Davenport | A. J. Bailey | H A, Chandler |
| Jesse Grace | Geo P Merrill | U Hamilton |
| Ebenr C [Mailoon?] | B O Weeks | |
| Saml Snow. | Daniel, McKiney | James McCarty |
| Noah, W, McHenry | Chas Murphy | |
| Sherwood Alexander | John Davis | 413 |
| Joseph Corliss | Francis Murstan | |
| Levi Houghton | John R. Houghton. | |
| O. M Carty | J W Marr | |
| G E Brookings | Charles Duscett | |
| John [Delley?] Jnr | John Galvin | |
| Simeon Turner | Alden B [?] | |
| Samuel Douglass | Samuel F. Dike | |
| M Mercen | ||
| Dexter Preble | Allen. S. Ray | |
| John Pierce | Jesse Preston | |
| Thomas. Peirce | John Johnson | |
| Thomas Marr Jr | Randell Church | |
| Eben [Mussos?] | William Cooper | |
| John N. Smith | Leonard Harmon | |
| America Coombs | Wm Freeman | |
| Edward Howlett | B, L, White | |
| Amherst Whitmore | ||
| James Farrin | William [Sterberd?] | |
| N. Petersen | ||
| H G Lowell | Wm Carney | |
| David Hodgkins | Wm Bradstreet | |
| Robert P. Kelley | John A Bradstreet 300 | |
| Drummon Williams, | ||
| William Clifford | ||
| James Bailey 2d | ||
| Lewis Soule | ||
| Rufus R. Haines | ||
| Charles Whitham | ||
| Charles H. Chamberlain | ||
| W. Stevens 2d | ||
| J. J Hathorn | ||
| John Harward | ||
| James N Cooper | ||
| James Wheeler | ||
| Joseph McKenney | ||
| Alfred Beals | ||
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Petition of John Patten & 412 others ^of the state of Maine,^ in behalf of cheep Postage.
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Horace Mann of Massachusetts,
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Comte on Post Offices & Post Roads
Partially Printed Document Signed, 1 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,