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. |
| Stephen C. Dillingham, | Falmouth | J. B Bourne | Falmouth |
| Silas J. Bourne Jr | " | Lot C Fish | " |
| L. O. Whitmore | " | ||
| G. W. Swift. | " | E. G. Rurgess | " |
| H. B. Hooker | " | Oliver L. Calott. | |
| E. Gould | " | Thomas H Lawrence | |
| M. F. Bassett. | " | Ansel Green | |
| [?] F. Kenney | " | Alden B Landers | |
| James F Fish | " | Francis A Shiverick | |
| Knowles Butler | " | ||
| John Brutted | " | ||
| Asa Gifford | " | ||
| Thomas D Young | " | ||
| William Davis | " | ||
| Zacckeus Allen | " | ||
| John Swift 2 d | " | ||
| Thomas Swift | " | ||
| Edwin Hatch | " | ||
| W [?] Shiverick | " | ||
| John Jenkins | " | ||
| B. B. Shiverick | " | ||
| Thomas Lewis | " | ||
| Oliver C. Swift. | " | ||
| Rowland Jones | " | ||
| N B Lawrence | " | ||
| Timothy Nye | " | ||
| Thomas S. Bunker | " | ||
| Reuben H Butler | " | ||
| A. R. Holmes | " | ||
| S. P. Bourne | " | ||
| O. P. Robinson | " |
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Citizens of Falmouth Mass
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Hon. J. Grinnell
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Petition of S. C. Dillingham and 38 others of Falmouth for reduction of Postage
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December 21. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Committee on Post offices & Post roads
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Mr Grinnell
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,