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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 Kent County in the State of Delawarerespectfully 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.
S. M. Harrington. 1 Dover, Delaware.
Jas Cowgill 2 ""
John Maryfield 3 ""
Wm [Flaglor?] 4 ""
James F. Allee 5 Dover Delaware.
H [?] Benson 6 ""
John B. Smith 7 ""
James Grace 8 Dover, Delaware
David Chipman 9 ""
A. Smithers 10 ""
S Bancroft. 11 ""
S C Lotherbury 12 ""
D. M Smith 13 ""
Jonathan Jarrell 14 ""
David Smith 15 ""
Isaac Hadel 16 ""
Joseph Branson 17 ""
Caleb L Luff 18 ""
William Barkus 19 ""
Abra L. Hill 20 ""
J. L. Crouch 21 ""
David Clayton 22 ""
Saulsbury Dean 23 ""
John Brown 24 ""
James H Whiteley 25 ""
Samuel M Chipman 26 ""
Isaac Baker 27 ""
Joseph Smithers 28 Dover Delaware
H. Todd. 29 ""
E. G. Asay 30 ""
Ezekiel S. Cooper 31 ""
Robert [Frakers?] 32 ""
Geo: M. Manlove 33 ""
E. Cowgill 34 ""
35 ""
Wm W. Manlove 36 """
37 ""
D A. [Deweese?] 38 Dover Delaware
W E Smith 39 ""^Dover Del^
James P Jones 40 "
Charles W. Jones 41 Dover Kent Co Delaware
James Jones 42 [Dover?]
E S Dean 43 DoJ
Augustus Brown 44 Do
Wim Dyer 45 Do
James Baggs 46 Do
C. M. Wharton 47 Dover Kent County Del[?]
Elijah Crouch 48
Joshua W Stapleford 49 State of Delaware
James H. Murdoch 50 Baltimore, Md.
Jesse Thompson 51 Camden Del
[Wm?] P. Smith 52 Dover, Del.
Joseph Broadaway 53 ""
John. H. Eubanks 54
Joseph R Cox 55
James Allen 56 ""
Wm Walker 57 ""
E. [Naudain?] 58 ""
John. A. Marvel 59 Dover, Delaware
Wm S. Emerson 60
Clement Nowell 61
Geo B Dickson 62 Dover Del
David M Bates 63 ""
John Raughley 64 ""
Stephen Catts 65 ""
Samuel S. Sarde 66 Camden Del
J Mason Smith 67 Dover Del
Joseph Wicks 68 Dover
Dan Smith 69 "
James Manlove 70
Aaron Gibbse 71
Thos [L?]. Meredith 72
Albert Cowgill 73 Dover Del
James W Harvey 74 Dover Del
J. S. [Stenson?] 75 ""
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[DOVER DEL?]
JAN ^23^
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Kent Co. Del.
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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

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,