To The Senate and House of Representatives of The United States, in Congress assembled:
The Undersigned, citizens of The State [of?] New-York, Respectfully ask of your Honorable Bodies: That you will pass a law, entirely
abolishing the Franking Privilege, and reducing postage, uniformly, to all the people,
on all mailable matter, to the lowest possible rates, compatible with the interest
and due administration of the Post Office Department, when freed from the oppressive
incubus of The Franking Privilege, and its manifold abuses.
| John A. Hurztel | ||
| Fred. B. Peck | Oliver Phelps | |
| Jas A. Webb | Ira Merrill | |
| C M Hendee | Isaac W. Phillips | |
| L O Hunte | D. S. Wiggins | |
| R B Wells | G. W. Huntley. | |
| S. E. Smead | Chas H. Lee | |
| T Buell Jr | Wm Arnold | |
| Reynold Peck | Vinton Peck | |
| Alexander Martin | R T. Leach | |
| Enoch A. Hall | Arnold L Mann | |
| M. S. Hall | John A Leete | |
| A Cutler | David M. Smith | |
| O. Waid | A. B. [Pa?] | |
| Charles Webb | Thomas A. Lee | |
| Selden Shelton | P Wager | |
| Robert Eldred | [?] S. T Kear | |
| E [?] Leonard | ||
| A. W. Nash | Thads Chapin | |
| Z Austin | M C Denton | |
| [?] | [?] | |
| L C Fitch | [?] N [?] | |
| Wm H. Olin | [Savage.?] A [Mudoll?] | |
| G B Woolworth | ||
| J J Barker | D. S. Baker. | |
| Jesse F. Shepard | A. S. Taft | |
| H [?] Warner | Daniel Leach | |
| J Wendell | Harrison Hopkins | |
| Mort Roberts | ||
| John Dickson | George Mckinney | |
| Sam Greeneleaf | Samuel [?] Padley | |
| Lewis [Pier?] | ||
| Josiah Porter | James M Baker | |
| William Morse | [?]o. Chenbro | |
| Chas [Symons?] | ||
| N Gorham | Thomas Black | |
| Wm Herrick | ||
| Boyce W. Ba[?] | Levi Tollotson | |
| Nathaniel Cottrell | ||
| H R Sang[?] | ||
| Myron H. Clark | ||
| Wm Douglass | ||
| Henry Brown | R. S. Woodward | |
| H. Starkweather | ||
| Edward G. Tyler | Thos B Holm | |
| N. W. Howell Jr | ||
| W S. Headley | Mark H. Sibley | |
| L. M. Clark | Wm H Lamport | |
| John Rankine Jr. | Guy W. Rice | |
| John O. Sibley | Robert Royce | |
| Allin A. Royce | J. Willson | |
| B. Slopers | E. G. Lapham | |
| B. F. Withee | G. W. Bartlet | |
| Stephen Suton | Hiram Metcalf | |
| Benj H Ackley | O F Starkey | |
| John Parshall | Albert Sester | |
| Leman B Hotchkiss | ||
| John Maynard | ||
| George Bull | Hiram L. Taft | |
| William H Lee | John Mosher | |
| W. M. Chipman | O. H. Corson | |
| A. L. Mason | Wm A. Willson | |
| J. P. Faurot | ||
| J Haskell | [?]ean Witherill | |
| H. W. Johnson | Alex Jeffrey | |
| James W Bull | Jona. Mason | |
| J. Benham | H. W. Taylor | |
| Joel Dailey | O. Benjamin | |
| Horace Benham | Gideon Granger. | |
| Daniel Spring | Alonzo Becker | |
| H W Hamlin | G. W. Bemis | |
| S. Benedict | Fras Wilson Paul | |
| John A Granges | R J Sibley | |
| Q. E. Daggett | J Stephenson | |
| H Hanger | Wm Hurd | |
| Joseph Burling | Erastus J Miller | |
| Stephen H Andrews | A G Murray | |
| H H Sangen | ||
| O E Pierpont | Theodore [?]. Hart | |
| A. R. Simmons. | ||
| Ebenezer Hale | Theodore Crosley | |
| M. A. olds | F A Spalding | |
| B C Taft | Charles Coy | |
| John Lapham | Thos [Gilderburn?] | |
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Memorial of Citizens of New-York for the Abolition of the Franking Privilege and the
Reduction of Postage
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By Mr. Greeley
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December 28. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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Handwritten 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,