menu


PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, citizens of Lan Clintonville, Lancaster Mass. respectfully petition Congress to pass a law, establishing
1. A uniform rate of Two Cents postage on letters weighing half an ounce, and two cents for every additional half ounce, prepaid, and double that rate if not prepaid.
2. Newspapers, periodicals, and all printed matter, one cent per sheet; but newspapers of the smaller size half a cent., to be prepaid, except newspapers and 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.
James Patterson Clintonville
Nancy C. Spaulding Thos Eveton
Amy N. Collins Henry G Fiske
Charles L. Swan Wm A. Spooner.
Lucy W H Swan [?] Tapley
S A Patterson E. S. Fiske
J. D. Otterson
Chas S. Patten Lewis Coburn
John A Ott[?]
E K. Wilder S E McAllister H Osgood
Walter S. Cooledge M J Jones L. P. Houghton
P. [C.?] Morgan B. F. Rice.
W W Parker. George W[ Cage?] J B Whitcomb
Jacob Wilson George E Colburn
C. Stanley H P Chamberlin Charles E Johnson
J. S. Piper Dorothy Whitney Charles F Greene
Chrls Stevens Emily K [?] George H Lewis
Geo. H Kendall June E Lowy Albert W Lowe
W. B. Kendall Elizabeth Hunt F H Morgan
C. H. Heywood Abby Egan Albion W Gibbs
Timothy McIntire Harriet M Brown Charles A Lewis
Charles. W. Field Harriet E [?] Angus Cameron
Nath l Rice Melissa H Reed James. F. Davis
F. C. Messinger Emily M Birch James A Colburn.
E. Ballard, Jr Caroline D Bellows Christopher C Harris
A. J. White Mary Jane Derby Horace C Pollard
F. W. Clean Mary P Ingraham Alfred H. Houghton
G W Burdett Elizabeth G. Holman Dexter K. Fisher
Nathan R Tilton Jr Abigail E Holman Solon Pratt
E H Flagg Sylvia Sanders. Maria J. Sawyer.
T. W. Russell Sarah M. Hadley. Frances R. Hoadley.
M. D. Haris Emily Harris Sarah A. Colburn.
Ezra. Sawyer Stillman Houghton Sarah E Houghton
Wim B Bartlett John Y Houghton Sarah J Rice
A A Moran Newton F Hayden Sarah A B Crossman
Jas. H. Sawyer Nath S Gilson Mary S Johnson.
Gilbert Greene Nancy B Tozier Laura S. White.
Fabeus M Whiting Martha Houghton Abby R Harris.
Orlendo A. Smith Sarah S Garfield Ellen E Stone.
J S Holt Emily M Phelps Henrietta A. Goodale.
Jonas Hunt Albertena Haven Ellen M. Greene.
Benja R Cotton Martha Tozier Eliza A. Greene
Jos B Parker Ellen Tozier Jannet W Wright
R S Freeman Harriet E. Mahan Sarah J Lewis
A H Smith Mary Ann Hawkins Mary W. Carter.
J S. Field Cordelia M Hammond Harriet E Hoadley
Samuel B Ingalls Maria C Houghton Augusta A Houghton
Amos Jones Mary A. Joslyn. Mary J Houghton
Patrick Burns Sarah A Cobb Margaret D. Wright
George. W. Wilson. Sophia W Browning Celinda P. Gates.
John J Boynton Mary A Millard Sarah E. Sawyer.
John Rich Chloe Rolph Harriet [?]. Worcester.
Josiah. H. Vose Sarah Jane Sawtell Mary L Tapley
Wm H. Hayden Violetta Willard Geo. N. Bigelow.
L B Tinkham Mary C Sawyer P. Chamberlin
Cyrus Moulton Seth Bonney Thomas B Nichols
Hiram Morgan John W Ware Jason Garham
A H Bellows Joshua J Downing Edwd H. Fiske
E. W. Goodale E L Currier William N. Peirce
Theodore Jewett Ferren Martin James N Johnson
Samuel E Adams Abner Ferry Susan Townsend
Charles D Davis Jonas L Howe Isabel Townsend
Otis H. Kendall Samuel Belyea Olive B Woodbury
C. W. Blanchard Charles Brown Marilla Sanderson
H. M. Simpson E J Belyea James R Stewart
C H Morgan B V Coburn James Fallon
H. C. Miner George W Coburn [Michell?] Fallon
W H Foster William Orr John White
Solomon Weeks Abram Miner James. Stewart
Lawrence Holmes Mark Lund John Kelley
J W Newhall Ebenezer Wilson Mickell Kelly
H C Snow Otis Litchfield O Greene
E[?] Holt Patrick Gready N D Sanderson
Lucy A Newman Daniel Grady William Frost
A. D. Shattuck Wm. Goodale
John Smith Mary Curtis
Asa Norcross Christina L Bullard
Emeline B Hiscock Elizabeth H Sargent
Catherine Stewart Abby Thompson
Julia M Chickering Mary J Hastings
Fred Flagg S. Jane. Cutting
Charles Ryan [Fancinior?] A. Curtis
Sarah L Virick [Alotina?] H Balling
Sarah W Bragg. Isabella Stewart
Nancy E Cowdrey Sarah Thompson
Lucy A Haven. Harriet N Morgan
Emeline S Thompson Joseph T Sawyer
George C Morgan
Lucy A Lancey
Diana A Brown
Caroline Jackson
Elizabeth Hannan
E. W. Howe
Thomas Hastings
Sarah Green
Persis M Hastings
Emily M Thompson
Bernard Gallagher
Horatio B. Howe
Agnes W. Davis
Angeline [Curtis?]
Caroline Howe
Lucy S Piper
Roeana Warner
Patiersa C Blodgett
Harriet M Holman
Caroline Piper
Harriet A. Davis
[?]
Emily A Swift
[Rhoeso?] Donovan
267 names
Caroline M Bullard
Lydia M Hatch
Martha Brown
Caroline Baily
Mary Davis
Ann E. Page
Sylvinice Curtis
Alice Hodbell
Susan Brown
<Page 2>
[ docketing ]
Mass
Petition of citizens of James Patterson ^Clintonville^ & 266 others of Lancaster, Mass. praying for a Reduction of the Rates of Postage.
[ docketing ]
Jan. 11th J. G Palfrey
[ docketing ]
January 11, 1849 Referred to the ^Committee on the Post office & Post: Roads^
[ docketing ]
√

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,