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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 of the City, County & State of New York 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. ^Drop letters one cent^
2. Newspapers, periodicals, and all printed matter, one cent per sheet; but newspapers of a 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.
Wards Co 54 Wall St New York
Geo Webb
Geo. Faulkner 61 Horatio St
Edward H Bunker 228 Bridge St
S. Jaudon 54 Wall St New York
A. G. Jaudon
J S Hale 54 [Purrefour Le Prombless?]
The Atlantic Mutual Ine Coy
By Waller R Jones Pub		 Office Corner of Wall & Harrow Ss
New York
J H L [?] Saml J Warring
J W Thorne
Jno. A. Condil
A J F Hamilton 132 Thompson P.
M B Sagan 56 Wall St
Mutual Safety Insurance Co
By N M Beckwith Prest
Mercantile Mutual InseCo.
by Joseph Walker S Prest		 63 Wall Street
[Jon?] Walter
L. Gregory 21 Hammond St
Chas Newcomb 565 Greenwich St.
James A White 138 Elm Str.
Wm W. Walker 63 Wall St
Joseph Ellis 63 Wall Street
D. A. Baker 65 Wall St
Geo. Morris. 10 Lafayette Place
Chas. J. Martin 75 East 17th St
Wm J Berke 137 [?] St
Philip Howe 1 Great Jones St
[ ?] Post No 88 Fourth St
Lambert Snyder 58 Wall St
Jno Dappan . . . Do . . .
Wm Lee . . . Do . . .
Wm M. McCutchen . . . do .
Ferdinand Stagg do .
Jerome W. Tappan 10 Mark Exch
Thomas Hale [ditto?]
R Bartlett 6 Jones Lane
Mos Henriquez 9 Varick Place
Robt [Gorrie?] 139 Fourth Avenue
Wm C. Haggerty 75 Pine St
John G. Minton
54 Wall St
G P Fulton N York
Geo. S. Alken 410 Broadway N.Y
H Whittell 344 Broadway NY
F H Stow New York
Thos G Lee Do
H. W. Whiting Do
S B Stone Do
D [Drew?] Do
Eli Kelly
G [Junke?] 548 [Border?] Street
R N Kelley 148 [JwellSt?]
H Stephens 194 East Broadway
J. P. Rogers 52 Wall
The New York In. C
by B W [Evers Pre?]		 50 Wall St
[Whm M Squire?] [?]
Jas W. Hayward 50 Wall.
T. V. [Satterthwaite?] 50 Wall Street
Wm C [Mychoff?][?] 49 Wall St
George [Wiloff?] 49 Wall St
J B Barley 49 Wall St.
Wm Kelly 39 Clarkson St.
Saml M Martin 186 Allen st
[Anfree Zhanrent?] 67 Wall St
Leopold Newmann 67 Wall Str.
J [Eagar Gwyniss?] 67 Wall Str.
H M Benedict 63 Wall St
Jasper [Corring?] 63 Wall St
Wm Walker 63 Wall St
Edward Dodge 54 Wall Street
H W Abott 54 M Exchange
John A [Risloss?] 54 Wall Street
J. D. Maxwell 695 Broadway
[J Jeltins?] McDougal [St?]
B M Hand 60 Wall St.
R A [Crummeln?] 53 Wall
J J[Wanderhans?] 97 Greene St
Geo. S. Coe 45 Wall St
Chas F Mudge 45 Wall St
Edwin Ludlum 20 Amity Place
S W McLean 11 University Place
R H [Winsloo?] 53 Turtle St.
J. M. Morse Pavonia N. J.
J N Perkins 282 Smith St
Jno Kip Jr 53 Wall St
James H Van Allen 1 Penne St
Joseph Hoxil 76 Wall St.
M N Sutphen 76 Wall St.
J Thompson
Wm Barth No 6. [?]
John Bond
Edwin Frank "
Charles Durfee 123 Pearl
Charles H Leggett do
Elbert Andersen 9 Broad Street
Henry B Starr do
Robert C. Goodhue 64 South St
Charles C Goodhue 64 South
Robert Hewitt 64 South Street
Fred Clarkson """
Howland [?] Aspinwall 55 South Street
Joseph Foulke Jr 48 South Street
P Louis Foulke 68 Amity [?]
Herkenrath & Van Damme 29 Beaver St
Gust. H Schneider 117 Brevoort Place
W. W. T. [?] 27 Beaver
O. Wm Bird 73 St Marks Place
A M Fenley 35 Front St
[Lukandus Waters?] 41 & 43 Exchange Place
Jno. Johnston "do
Saml [Nimmsonces?] "do
John M [McManus?] "do
T. P. Richards 52 Wall St
S. P. Richards ""
George Ashton 47 Exchange Place
Rich Cornell ""
Geo. [Cruickshank?] ""
R. S. Nevins
Mason McAhoy
Peter Jacobs 47 Exchange Place
E H William
Henry A [Horne?] Hill Gate
[M King Pillhill?]
Wm H Smith
J Augus Love 48 Ex Place
Jas M Stone 48 Ex Place
Charles A Long
Geo. E. Stone
S. T. Jones 49 Exchange Place
A Jones 49 do
H A Garrett ""
Chas A. Townsend ""
J Hanley Milford ""
G A Dunbar 9 Broad St
L de [Pann?] 49 Exchange Place
S. Darorsi 62 Twelfth St
H. Spencer 50 [Pinehurst?] St
H D Aldrich 4 East 14th St
C. H. Tompson 30 Broad St
G. A. Pomeroy 10 [Dhand?] St
O Harriman 395 Fourth
Beals Burke & Co 32 Broad St
Jas L Deeaver
Wm [Sarivid?] 37 Murray Street
G Russell
Samuel Lord 256 Maddison
A R Mount [12 First St?]
James Duffy 3472, Whitehall, St
Rich L Butterfield 30th Broad St
Geo D Sutton """
John Myles """
Theodore P Morrell """
George [Miller?] 198 Bleecker St
James Scott 42 Twelfth St
Wm H Scott 50 Wm St
Joseph Stuart "do
James Stuart ""
[Peter?] W Read 76 [Terens?] St
William C Otis 262 Mercer St
[Carn?] J Terell 101 Wall
Wm H. Creagh 24 South Wm St
C Heydecker 24 South Wm St
Geo. J. Hobe 144 Elm St
Wm H Heydecker 24 South William St.
Jno P. B. Middleton 19 Beaver St
[?]
[Erin?] F. Ward 19 Beaver St
J B Williams 53 [Montalk?] St
Alfred P Conklin 335 Madison St
DeLancey Barclay 20 Beaver St
J. Rayburn 74 Beaver Street
[?] Paton 65 Perce St
D. Stewart 65do
William Currin 65do
Wm C Hicks 65do
S Altenbury Jr &c 63dodo
John J Walker 57 Pine Street
Thomas E Walker 57 Pine St
Arthur T. Jones 54 William Street
Eugene Ledentre 54 William St
Alford Hudson ""
James [Evenance?] ""
Thos Rigby ""
H C Brudett ""
James Shields American Hotel
A Jackson Jr 65 South Street
H. Meigs Jr Cor 7th Avenue & 13th Street
F. [Dleneny?] 34 Wall
U C Langly 25 Broad St
Geo Hastings 5 South William
Floyd Bailey 25 Broad Str
Joseph Linden 25 Broad St.
Chas [?] 25 Broad St
P. H. Wentworth Do
J. Murchardt 42 Pine St
Alex Malcolm 42 Pine st
P. F Somerville Do
John P Urquhart Do
Jno Daly Do
John. S. Tooker 35 Pine St
A. J. [Cipnaut?] 35 Pine St
Albert G Crowell Do
W. T. B. Milliken do
Thos Garner No 4 Washington Square
D R [Mangam?] Pine St
Mortimer Thorn 142 Green St
H. N. [Mutterman?] 104 Bank St
E H Elmore 33 Pine St
William Thorn 142 Green Street
J W [?] 773 Broadway
Horace Waldo 29 Pine St
Saml F Barry 29 Broadway
N. L. Van Laudt 55 Morton St
Henry A Bostwick 29 Pine St
John [Selleade?] 176 17th St
T. C. W Pierce 27 Pine Street
Richard L [Cernk?] 22 Pine Street
Nathaniel [Daniel?] 13 Gramercy Park
F. H. Wolcott 23 Broad St
John [Freeman?] 261 Fourth [Avenue?]
Wm D Simonton 32 Vesey St
Wm Horne 432 1 Broadway
C. L. Beakman 17 Washington Place
Charles C Pield 16 State St
H Migeon 341 West St
J Swift 13 Broad St
Thops Wheeler 13 Broad St
Lewis Bush 16 [?] Place
Chas Carville 17 Broad St
Charles Mott 110 Wall St
Geo M. Stebbins 17 Broad St
Wells Brothers 19""
Thos Munroe 15 Amity Street
E C Hamilton 21 Brd St
James Barnes "
R. W. Davis "
S P York "
R S Walcott Jr "
D. Walter Smith "
R H Smith do
J C Smith 76 Courtland St
Rufus E Crane 52 M Lane
Abijah Fisher 211 Broad St
[Fisher?] Howe ""
James [Lefferts ?] & Co 29 Broad St
Geo. A. Burrough 29 Broad St
Lewis Custis 3 State St
J. L. Hubbard 39 Broad St
J D B Custis 39 Broad St
Paul Alden 29 Beaver St
Mordecai Levy Cincinnati
Edw. N. Tailer Jr 4th st New York
Fredk W Hayney 29 Broad St
D Brigham & Co 33 Broad St
Henry Brevard 33""
Henry A Lyncan 33""
David Fairfield 33""
[Jno P Handey?] 49""
Wm H Cropsey Brooklyn
D & A Kingsland & Co 55 Broad St
Robt R. Fox 59 Broad St
Tho Polhammer Jr 59 Broad St
B [Fine?] DoDo
R Van Wych DoDo
U Hendricks 163 Bleecker St
M M Hendricks 77 Broad St
Alfred Tobias 256 Fourth Street
H. Jackson 227 Eighthteenth St
D M Wilson 80 Broad St
Geo T. Cobb 63 North Moore St
W D Brun 29 Oliver St
A Edwd Habricht 225 Ninth Street
George W. Sheilds & Co 70 Broad St
Edward Cochran New York Hotel
Bertrand Clover
A. & E. L. Higgins & Co
Joseph R Kearney 132 Second Avenue
J F. [Ents?] 27th Street near Lexon Avenue
P R Kearney 85 Lexington Avenue
F C Tucker No 1 West 16th Street
Jon H Hasard 148 Washington St Brooklyn
Ebenezer Platt 200 Madison Street
Crocker [Wants?] 18 Beaver St
Thos. W Willow 147 Adams St Brooklyn
Eben B. Crocker 5 Gramercy Park
Coe. Anderson & Co 10 Beaver St
Otto [K Pillen Pollitz?] 8 Beaver Street
George A . Widmayer 9 James Street
J. Deppermann 96 Wall St
[Phen Fiedlet?] 32 Broadway
P. W. Slange 550 Houston St
Theodor Runge 21 Baltic St Brooklyn
Heni H [Leest Jr?] 34 Broadway
S S Rhicklin N York Hotel
Robt D Baliff 3 W Broadway
O. F. Glein 43 New St
Ths [Barritt?] 34 Broad St
A M Chad Do
S B Sherwood Do
[G G Bales?] 10 Battery Place
Wm A. Smith 34 Broad St
Peleg Hall 55 Exchange Place
Wm Hall Do
C. N. [Fearing?] 55 Exchange Place
William H Little 55 Exchange Place
H Swan 55 Ex Place
314 P Freeman Jr Do
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New York
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Memorial of Citizens of New York praying for a reduction and uniform rate of postage and the abolishment of the franking privilege.
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January 12. 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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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,