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PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, citizens ofthe City & County of New york & State of Newyork respectfully petition Congress to pass a law, establishing
1. A uniform rate of Two Cents on letters weighing half an ounce, and two cents for every additional half ounce, prepaid, and double that rate if not prepaid. ^Drop letters one cent^
2. Newspapers, periodicals, and all printed matter, one cent per sheet, prepaid, but newspapers of the smaller size half a cent. ^to be prepaid, except newspapers & periodicals sent from the office of publication^
3. To reduce the postage on letters and newspapers by mail packets and steamers, to a rate which will bring it within the means of every class of citizens to maintain frequent intercourse with their friends in other countries, without feeling the postage to be a burdensome tax.
4. To adopt measures that in all large towns and cities there shall be a free delivery of letters and newspapers, and also for the reception and conveyance of letters to the post-office for the mails free of any expense.
5. To abolish the franking privilege entirely, that postage may be paid on every thing sent by the mails. Postage of members of Congress to be paid as their other expenses, and postmasters to be remunerated for the loss of the franking privilege and the temporary diminution of their income, by an increase of their commissions.
NAMES. PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
A. E. Everest No 95 4th Avenue
Franklin G Sherrill. No 2 East 11th st.
P. I. H. Myers. 95. 4th Avenue.
Samuel A Rhea. No 9. University Place
James Walker " " " "
W S Titus No 226. Sixth Avenue
S F Goodman 66 Morton street.
James H. Warren No 9 university Place.
Lewis H. Reid 282 Fourth St.
Edwin Johnson 334 Pearl St.
H. E. Ruggles No 9 University Place
E. J. Pierce 228. 6 Avenue
S. L. Hughson No 2 11th St
W. N. Harvey 38 Lexington Avenue
R. Hall 25 East Broadway
C. Seacombe " "
John Eliot Benton 146 Ninth
Wm H. Lockwood Brooklyn.
Seth B Stone Williamsburgh
John Hawks Jr 495 Bowery
Chas L. Bruce no 9 University Place.
[J?] Hood No 9, University Place
John Howard No 9 " "
H. S. McElroy No. 9. University Place.
W. W. Condit No 9 University Place
G. Winfred Havey 9
J. H. Tunbridge do do
Geo. G. Rice(Except prepaying) do do
G. W. Noyes do do
Isaac N. Naff Do. Do.
E. D. Holt Do Do
H. W. Finch Do Do
James Morton. Do Do
A K
J. Rowell. 495. Bowery.
A. T. Pratt University Place N Y
Wm. B. Greene " "
Austin Arnold " "
A. R. Wolfe. " "
H. Goodwin
M. Barrett 9. " "
J. Wallace Phelps 147 Stanton St
L. P. Ledoux 495 Bowery.
L. T. Woodward 226 Sixth Avenue
D B Lyon 226 Sixth Avenue
D. T. Noyes 259 Greene St
G. Buckingham Willcox 157 Tenth st.
R. G Keyes 226 sixth Avenue
[Matthias?] Day 82 McDougle St
James Sinclair No 9. University Place
W. P. Banker 104 Spring St N.Y.
E. W. Clarke 31 fifth Avenue
A. H. Lilly 495. Bowery N.Y
E Whitaker No. 2. East Eleventh St. N.Y.
T. H. Hanks N. York 9. University Place
L. S. Hastings 61 Amity St.
S W Roe. 228 Sixth Avenue
[...?] Frans. A. Howe 495 Bowery
Eli Corwin " "
Charles Livingston 2 Eleventh St
Charles Fanning 9 University Place
George W. Coan 9 university Pl.
Dwight W. Marsh 9 University Place
Wm E. Holyoke 9 University Place
Guy. C. Strong. 9 University Place
A. E. King 8 University
65 names
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NEW-YORK
DEC 29Hon Horace GreelyHouse of RepsWashington DC
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Memorial of 65 citizens of New-York for a Reduced and Uniform Postage.
By H. Greeley.
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Petition for Cheap Postage
65 names. from B Bates

Partially 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,