PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, citizens of of the City County & State of New york & also State of New york &c
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 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. |
| Wm Gibbs McNeill. | 67 [?]oing Place New york. |
| Mrs. Charles L. Cammann | """ |
| W. E. Wyatt McNeill | """ |
| P. T. Jackson Mc Neill. | """ |
| D. McNeill Fairfax | """ |
| Thos W. Letson | New York |
| Thomas Letson | New Brunswick. N.J |
| John P Letson | """ |
| Lewis G. Letson | """ |
| [E S?] [?] | """ |
| James Crumbie | 381 fourth St |
| John W Shedden | 15 Stuyvesent St |
| A. H. Titcomb | 363 Bowery |
| Chas S. Wilson | 365 Bowery |
| Edwd S Lansing | 1[0?]1 Crosby St |
| Thos F. McCleland | Catherine St |
| Paul S. Brown | 366 Bowery |
| Jas P Fitch | 15. Stuyvesant. St. |
| Josiah F. Bowson | 263 Tenth St |
| J H Van [?] | 363 Bowery |
| Mancer M. Backus. | 68 Second Avenue. |
| Alfred. S. Purdy | 405 Fourth St |
| Henry Cotheal | 393 Fouth |
| Henry White | 37 Fifth St |
| J E Smith | 397. Fourth st |
| Joseph Maggs | 356 Bowery |
| Gust S [?] | 347 Fourth Street |
| Joseph Graydon | 411 Fourth St |
| R M Bolles | 280 Fourth St |
| J. D. [Hickell?]. | 17 Fifth St |
| Jas M Sweeny | 391 Bowery. |
| Jonathan Witt | 51 Third St |
| Thos Wennilye | 400 Fourth st |
| Edgar Tripler | 388 6th Avenue |
| Archibald C Brady | 440 Fourth St |
| James Laws Jr | New York |
| Armeal Seaman | 277 Tenth St |
| M. Thompson | Gloucester |
| Louis Hopman | 444 Fourth St: |
| Thos M Clark | 90 South St |
| Wm Cahoone Jr. | 30 Seventh Street. |
| Thomas Webster | 121 Livingston St |
| Elbert Baxter | 361 Bowery |
| David L Dodge | 75. Second Av. |
| James Warren | 342 Broadway |
| 44 names |
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JAN 1[?] Hon Horace Greely House of Reps Washington D.C
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Memorial of Gen. W. Gibbs McNeil and others of New York for Cheap Postage.
by H. Greeley.
by H. Greeley.
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January 17, 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,