To the Senate And House of Representatives of the United States
The undersigned citizens of the state of Delaware respectfully request that you will
enact a law reducing the present rates of postage on Letters & Newspapers to the lowest
rates compatible, in your judgment with the public interests.
And your memorialists will ever pray &c
| Wm S. Hilles | Geo Buzine. |
| Jno A. Duncan. | |
| Cyrus Pyle | James M Dixon |
| Elijah Hollingsworth | |
| E B McClees | Jas R. [Puge?] |
| Thos D Webb | |
| David. F. Craig | John J. Shaw |
| Geo. F. Peterson | Wm C. Smyth |
| George Appleby | |
| George McCorkle | Saml Busby |
| Charles Wanus | Geo D. Armstrong |
| Jos. Bringhurst | |
| Geo. Richardson | Lewis C Springer |
| J. T. Heald | E. A Witson. |
| Benjamin Betts | R A Janisen |
| Edward Bringhurst | Jonas Pusey |
| V. C. Gilpin | Jethro. J. Jefferis |
| Joshua P. Edge | |
| J. [I?]. Valentine | David Bush |
| C. W. Brooks | John Countiss |
| David Pinkerton | Stephen [Birtsall?] |
| Jonas B Glazier | Geo Craig |
| William Pyle | Thomas Walter |
| Geo. W. Vernon. | Jesse Lane |
| Thos Thatcher | Evan C Stotsenburg |
| Wm Thatcher | |
| J G Barston | Edwd A Harvey |
| John [Luff?] | |
| John S Hilles | Saml N Pusey |
| George Gill | |
| Saml Wollaston | Lewis Thatcher |
| h. S. McCombs | J H Adams |
| Geo. W. Bush | Edwd B Torbert |
| Thos I. Mahaffy. |
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Delaware
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Memorial on Cheap Postage by Mr Houston of Delaware.
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January 25, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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Houston
Autograph 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,