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 N. Yorkrespectfully 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 cents^
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 news papers & 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. |
| Richard. Ragg | 155 Sherriff Street |
| William Pegg | 2 Amos. Street |
| James Orme | 2 Amos Street |
| John Schuyler | 3 Lewis Street |
| Edward Samuels | West 17th Street |
| Richard. Tobias | 239 17 Street |
| Alexander Falls Jr | 359 West St |
| William Goodman | 359 west St |
| Robert Sherman | 545 Greenwich |
| John McKibbon | 539 Greenwich St |
| James Ray | 672 Hudson St |
| Edward Norris | 725 greenwich st |
| Francis Bogart | 22 Dominick |
| Robert Shonand | 59 Green St |
| Richard [Terhune?] | |
| C Tenicker | Avenue A. |
| Augustus [-nell?] | Agenue. A. & 17th St |
| John Lowrey | 1st Avenue & 24th St |
| S. Underhill | 1st Avenue and 18th St |
| L. Webb | 2nd avenue & 27th St |
| R. Maugh | 2nd Avanue 26th Street |
| James Garretty | 4th Avenue 42nd Street |
| Robert Whiting | 4th Ave and 26th St |
| William Franks | 203 1st St |
| Edward Lenard | dodoDo |
| Wm Stephenson | dodo |
| Robt Moore | 432 Washington St |
| Silas Ruggles | 33 St & 22th Avenue |
| Edward Schott | Christopher St |
| William Nugent | do |
| Samuel Gordon | Irving place |
| N. Pollock | 31 grove Street |
| James Washburn | 38 grove Street |
| Samuel Ready | 52 Mulberry |
| William Francis | 184 Mulberry St |
| dodo | |
| Timothy Cook | Mulberry Do |
| Robert Cook | do |
| James Sandford | 229 fifteenth Street |
| Robert. Lee | dododo |
| James Garretson | dodo |
| William Tillotson | dodo |
| Francis Walker | 11st and Ave N |
| Thomas Wilkins | 12th St [?] |
| Saml Osgood | 13th Street [A?] 1st |
| William Udall | East 25th Street |
| Saml Storms | dodo |
| Edward Storms | dodo |
| John Charters | dodo |
| N. Grass | 26th St & 9th Av |
| P. Frothingham | dododo |
| Edward. Weatherhead | DoDo |
| Saml Shaw | dodo |
| William Titus | 188 Perry Street. |
| John Watts | 192 Perry St |
| G. Wilt | dodo |
| Thos Martin | 29 Mulberry St |
| Edward Youle | 29 Mulberry St |
| James Welsh | 22 Amos St |
| John Shaw | do |
| Robert. Wolcott | 9 Amos St |
| James Williams | 455 Cherry st |
| A. Waters | 458 cherry |
| Oran Faber | 722 Water St |
| James Holt | do do |
| James Neill | 382 Cherry St |
| William Borden | 479 Water St |
| Saml White | 89 front St |
| James White | 88 dodo |
| Eli Dodge | Perry St. |
| C. Oberlander | Harleam |
| I Noyes | 15 Walnut St |
| Patrick O,brien | 13 Walnut St |
| Thomas. O,brien | 150 Pitt St |
| Phillip O. Brien | 154 Pett St |
| N Schlosser | Dutch Hotel near A. A 11th St |
| Dedridge Schmelzel | dodo |
| Wm Foley | dodo |
| Andrew Wood | 14th St N Av A |
| Edward Pringle | 14th St N. [Avenue?] |
| James Andrews | Willet St 129th |
| Francis Waight | Willet St. |
| James Holland | Willet St. |
| John Rider | 3d Ave N. 33d St |
| James Coleman | 3d Ave n 33 St |
| Richard Duryea | dodo |
| N. Titus | 192 23d St |
| John Hultze | W 21st St |
| Adam Gorman | W. 21st St |
| Francis Purdy | dododo |
| Thomas Franklin | 239 18th Street |
| James Franks | 237 18th Street |
| Bartholomew Adams | 8th Ave |
| William forbes | 8th Ave [N?] 22d St |
| William Haggerty | 10th Ave N [14?]th St |
| John Holbert | 10th Ave 23d St |
| Robert Hultehan | 9th Av |
| John Hultehan | do |
| Edwdward Hultehan | do |
| Samuel Carter | 692 West St |
| James Finegan | do |
| William Nolen | do |
| Franics Burgis | do |
| James Nicholson | 768 Greenwich St. N.Y |
| John Watson | 768 Greenwich |
| Edwd Stinges | West Street |
| William Kearnay | West St |
| Olerin Olmsby | West Street |
| Edward Sharpe | West 15th St |
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Hon F. A TalmadgeHouse of RepsWashington City DC.[ docketing
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3 petitions NY.
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Memorial of 108 Citizens of N York for a Reduction of Postage
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Mr Tallmadge
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January 17, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Refd To Com on P. O. & P. R
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Tallmadge
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108 names from [yrs &c?]
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