PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, citizens of Bangor in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine
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. | ||
| John Williams | Bangor me | ||
| Joseph C. Stevens | Bangor Me | ||
| H B Farnham | " " | ||
| John S. Chadwick | Eliashib Adams | ||
| Alexander Savage | |||
| E W. Elder | |||
| J. W. Patten | |||
| E. G. Rawson | |||
| F. A. Butman, | Dixmont | ||
| Jefferson Chamberlain | |||
| Geo. B Moody | |||
| David McCrillis | |||
| Jabez True | |||
| E, C, Brett | Old Town | ||
| Frederic H. Hedge. | |||
| C. A. B[?] | |||
| Samuel McClellan | Dexter Me | ||
| John [Appleton?] | |||
| Elliot G. Vaughan | Elliotsville Me | ||
| Jno R Greenaugh Jr | Bangor | ||
| Jonas Cutting | |||
| J H Hilliard | Old Town | ||
| B B Brown | Exeter | ||
| Moses Wingate | Bangor | ||
| Wm Abbot | " | ||
| Samuel Miles | Corinna | ||
| H. J Nickerson | Orvington | ||
| Geo Wellington | Bangor | ||
| Hiram Jones | " | ||
| Thos H Mansfield | " | ||
| Charles Herrick | " | ||
| Wm Stuart | " | ||
| P, P, Pearson | " | ||
| W, C, Crosby | " | ||
| N L Merrill | Corinth | ||
| Alpheus R Hale | |||
| Daniel, C, Fifield | Bangor | ||
| Austin D Peible. | Bangor | ||
| ^39^Jesse K. Brown | Bangor | ||
| Edmund W. Flagg | East Corinth | ||
| Edward Kent | Bangor | ||
| John Walker | Exeter | ||
| I. Washburn Jr. | Orono | ||
| Wm. Thompson | Bangor | ||
| W R. Boynton | " | ||
| Charles A. Sanborn | " | ||
| I. Waterhouse | " | ||
| Wm M Johnson | " | ||
| N, H, Dillingham | " | ||
| N C [Ayer?] | " | ||
| Oliver C[?] | Bangor | Names | Residence |
| Saml Hyde | " | John E. Valentine | Bangor |
| Henry M Hyde | " | Wm C Banks | " |
| Wm B. Warren | " | Isaac S. Whitman | " |
| J, A, Crowell | " | John Collett | |
| O. M. Parker | " | [Nathan?] Perry | |
| S. C. Hemenway | " | Chas. T Bean | |
| T. G. Stickney | " | [Feurs?] Dennis | |
| Stinson Peabody | " | Thomas C Workman | |
| John Wilkins | |||
| A. S Weed | " | Wm Fessenden. | |
| Thos A. White | " | Fred Hobbs | |
| Jno L Cutter | " | H B. Hall | |
| Samuel S Fifield | " | G. F. Sargent | |
| R S Prescott | " | Chas L, McWiggin | |
| Thomas R Hatt | " | R. B. Crane | |
| John S Kendall | " | Jno. Emerson | |
| Henry C Kendall | " | William Lewis | |
| A. [D?], Manson. | " | Thomas, F, Roundey. | |
| H. M. Kent | " | J. C. Pickard. | |
| A, D, [Nudo?]. | " | Charles Scott | |
| Saml D. Gates | " | C A G Brigham | |
| E. P. Prince | " | W D Lewis | |
| [O?], H, Hinckley | " | Henry Little | |
| John Morrow | " | Joseph Richards | |
| John Mullay P. M | " | Lorenzo Beale | |
| Thomas Mullens | " | Jos. Perry | |
| William Scott | " | Lemuel Ellis | |
| Wm H Dow | " | John Ellis. | |
| L S Straw | " | Sam L Clark | |
| A E Raynes | " | Nehemiah Bartlett | |
| J. F Lancey | " | E, F, Dillingham | |
| J S Tompkins | " | Edward Heffron | |
| Joseph Forbes | " | Micheal Connell | |
| Benj Gross | " | Thomas Carroll | |
| Winslow Chase | " | James J Mahoney | |
| Zebulon [B?] Patten | " | Charles, H, Jones | |
| Benjamin S. Patten | " | Patrick Tracy | |
| Silas Alden | " | John Timmons | |
| Theo S. Brown | " | Martin Fancy | |
| E. F. Duren | " | James C Boyer | |
| John W. Fletcher. | " | Jeremiah Curtis | |
| J. M. Metcalf | " | S E Perkins | |
| P. M. Blake | " | Nathaniel Wilson | |
| Wm Arnold | " | John P. Skeele | |
| S D Campbell | " | Wm H. Flagg | |
| W C Johnson | " | W H Fisher | |
| Tho, H Shaw | " | Wm W. Battles | |
| Daniel Dakin | " | A Titcomb | |
| T. W Baldwin | " | Joseph Chapman | |
| E O [Godfrey?] | " | Horace Pratt. | |
| H. W. Rice | " | J, G, Clark | |
| Supply Dean | " | F F Kendrick | |
| John P, Greeley | " | S, C, Allen. | |
| Thomas A, Rich, | " | Geo, W, Brown | |
| J A Hatch | " | William Mann | |
| A Thompson. | " | E. P. Baldwin | |
| C E Lyon | " | A P [McQuesten?] | |
| E, A, [Ayer?] | " | A. C, Allen | |
| ^180^Chas Hale | " | J, A, Whitmore | |
| W C Douglas | " | H, B, Williams | |
| S. S. Patt[en?] | " | [John?] [?] | |
| " | |||
| C P Hemenway | " | Chas, Hayward | |
| Saml Garnsey | Levi Cram | ||
| J C Morris | Henry A Butler | ||
| James Stubbs | Josiah Harthorn Jr | ||
| Samuel T Nickerson | J, W, Fiske | ||
| Jos S. Ingraham | Benja W [Homsford?] | ||
| Joshua Noyes | Michael Boyce | ||
| A F Chase | Patrick Heffran | ||
| M. Gilligan | James Tobin | ||
| Charles [Lowell?] | Patrick, [McGin?] | ||
| S. B. Morison | Moses L Appleton | ||
| Nathaniel Goodhue | Simon F Walker | ||
| Philander S Hurd | William Coombs | ||
| C P Fessenden | P H Wilson | ^76^ | |
| John Bennoch | C S, W, Cummings | ||
| George Fitts | Geo, H. Starrett. | ||
| Jason Weeks | Charles. Hammond. | ||
| John S, Ayer | Gustavus G Cushman | ||
| [Amos?] R. Sproul. | George Palmer | ||
| J. B. Foster. | C. P. Brown | ||
| E, A, Upton | G W Ladel | ||
| Jno. Connor | Danl P. Wood | ||
| B. F. St,Clair | Chas S, Osgood | ||
| Wm Willey | John Eaton | ||
| W. A. Blake | Daniel Moore | ||
| J A Prescott | Albert W. Paine | ||
| Moody T. Stickney | William H Mills | ||
| C C Wood | James [Read?] | ||
| [M?]. A. Wood | Jewett March | ||
| C, O, Butman | Jenness [L?]Dearborn | ||
| Remembrance Clark | George R. Smith | ||
| Daniel M Reed | Hampden | Walter Brown | |
| John McLaughlin | J. B. Hill | ||
| G, P, Sewall | Abner. Taylor | ||
| Isaac R. Clark. | Edward Snow | ||
| James Dunning | Charles V Lansil | ||
| Charles Godfrey | Thos B. Sanford | ||
| Edmund Pearson | Wm Flowers | ||
| C S Bragg | [Norvell?] Bean | ||
| Charles Beale | Alden Harlow | ||
| Saml B. Clements | E. C. Smart | ||
| James McLaughlin | Cyrus Kidder | ||
| Charles. J. Hayes | Amos Stickney | ||
| J, S, Stackpole | Robert Parker | ||
| A. K. Norris | F Whittier | ||
| Allen Marden | Wm C, Small | ||
| C. B, Grinnell | John Mickey | ||
| Wm, A, Langley | Llewellyn J. Morse | ||
| L. G. McKenney | A. Drummond | ||
| Jeremiah Moulton | Samuel B. Stone | ||
| Albert Rollins | [Simon?] Nowell | ||
| A R Greenough | Albert Kimball | ||
| Thomas Rice | Thos Cowan | ||
| Albert Noyes | J. P. Wyman | ||
| Henry Noyes | Joshua Norwood | ||
| Benj Wade | N H Colton | ||
| P, F, Marston | Wm S, Parker | ||
| J, M Lougee | Charles E Phillips | ||
| J, F, Hutchinson | Charles L. Marston | ||
| Henry L Brown | Sylvanus [N?] Wilson | ||
| Isaac Danforth | ^x^Jeriu Jewett | ^x^ | |
| Jos F. Hill | O T Wood | ||
| X ^174^ | Saml Sylvester | [?] | |
| G. H. Mahe | John L Jewett | ||
| Alexander Pearson | John W Robinson | ||
| C. S Thurston | Ephraim [Ricker?] Jr | ||
| S B Brown | John S. [Dicker?] | ||
| J Jenkin | G. W. Tompson | ||
| M E Rice | A. W. Pollard | ||
| Charles Rice | Joseph Tompson | ||
| Amos Jones | John Jones | ||
| Harvey Howard | Thos C, Farris | ||
| Harry Pond | Wm Bourne | ||
| Harvey. D. Clark | Waldo T. Peirce | ||
| Increase. S. Pond | Hay Peirce | ||
| Benj B Pond | J. K. Gilmore | ||
| W W Hersey | Chas H Dennett. | ||
| Isaac P Morse | F. M. Sabine | ||
| Lyman Clark | Albert Holton | ||
| Samuel Clark | Edward E Upham | ||
| T. B. Thompson | S J [?] | ||
| Thatcher Chick | |||
| Ebenezer Wolhaker | Geo. Stetson | ||
| NathnlH Johnson | Cyrus Emery | ||
| [Mious Small?] | M. S, [Heir?] | ||
| Daniel, B, Stone | Solomon Parsons | ||
| Daniel Stone | Josiah [?] | ||
| Benjn Weed | W. H. Parsons | ||
| Hartwell Amsden | Seth Paine | ||
| Allen Clark | Henry L. Francis. | ||
| Charles W Davis | J, M, Holy Ruis | ||
| S H Boardman | Charles. A Thrasher | ||
| Thos L Nay | |||
| John M Lander |
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Petition of 356 citizens (mostly) of Bangor in the County of Penobscot, Maine, asking Congress
to reduce the Postage on letters &c. and to abolish the Franking Privilege Refer to Com. on P. O. & P. Roads.
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January 15. 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Jas. S. Wiley.
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,