PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, Citizens ofthe City County & State of Newyork,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.
James Pattison 88 Clinton Place New York
Rich D, van Wagenen 22 13th st, do
Fredk H. Pattison 88. Clinton Place. do.
David Foyer 13 Dessbroses St
L. [Graviert?] [S??]r 18 Ann St Nw York
Alexander Finlay 14 Wessbross Street New York
Thos J. Hook 83 Butler St South Brooklyn
W. Frederick Van Wagenen 70 2nd Avenue
Lynde Batlin 181 Atlantic St Brooklyn
G M Hopkins 164 Barrow
D. McAuslan 69 Fulton St
James Bissell. Mamaroneck NY
[James?] Peacock Mamaroneck "
[?] [?] House New York
[Lewis?] C. Callet 93 G 17th St NW
James Buslowe Fraser 100 King St
White Griffith & White 61 Cedar St
Nelson [?] 61 Cedar St
Wm E Mathews 578 Broome St
John Falconer & Co 64 Cedar St
[Buckley?] H Caflin 68 Cedar St
D H Conkling New England Hotel
A Vredenburgh [68 Cedar Street?]
F. S. Winston & Co
Edwd Breschard 70 Cedar St. NY.
Thos. S Simmons 10 Ferry St
Philip J. Welden Brooklyn NY
Edward W. Leffeits Brooklyn LI
[Thomas?] Welden Jr. Brooklyn LI
C B Match 97 [?]
[Matt?] B White """
Jamie A Herrick 95
Park Bradford & [Richmond?] 76 Cedar St
Israel W [?] 95 Wm St
W Hatch 84 William St
Wm H Sturtevant 84
George Still 49 John St
A Wheeler 123 [Ludboro?] St
M W [Vail?] 82 Wm St
Jno H Clark 82 Wm St
Timo C. Osborne 82 Wm St
H A [Budd?] 82 Wm St
Blackwell Whittemore & [Cauhait?] 77 Wm St
George P. Bradford 76 Cedar St
M B Northrup 74""
Chas S Healey 74""
G M Groves 74""
J M Hubbard 60""
J. J. Hinchman 30 Cedar St
A. F. Hinchman 60 Wall St
J R Hinchman 35 Cedar St
J. C. Newton 35 Cedar St
J. H. Neilly 33 Cedar St
W Whilley 31 Cedar St
J [J. ?] 97 West Broadway
Louis Whiley [5?]1 Cedar St
Hall & Bohne 29 Cedar St
W Snedeker 27 Cedar St
Edmd F Cook 24 Cedar Street
James King 27 Cedar St
Sutton Baker 23 Cedar St
Aaron G Baldwin 21 Cedar St
S. Joseph [Stineron?] 19 Cedar St
John J Quick 17 Cedar St
Russell W McKee ""
David Leiter 13 "
Geo M Tracy 84 Wiliam St
F C Hills 27 M Lane
J Tilden 73 M Lane
Wm D. Chase 27 M Lane
G G [Ahrens?] [1080?] William
J. I. Sloan 16 Spruce

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James [Samson?] 57 Beecker St
Thomas Barry 157 Elizabeth St
James G. Lurney 5 Cedar St
R. [Wertsen Sr?] 3 Cedar St
Geo M. Cord 1 Cedar St
Nichols K. Oatlay 187 Pearl [Corner?] Cedar
William B. Shove
[E.?] Noah
C. H. Carpenter
Alex H Brome 181 Pearl St
J. Thos S. Shepard 146 Twelfth St
J. G. Freeman 254 Third Avenue
J B Shaw Norwich Ct
Roswell Hooey 192 Peach St N York
S. D. Hall & Co 181 Pearl St
A & L Mack 2 Cedar Street
C. P. Dixon """
J M Wardwell '
C [Johnson?] """
S Goodell 8th Street
J L Ripley 133 [M?] Lane
Wm R Palmer 4 Cedar St
Wally G La Tourrithe 6""
Douglass Satterlee 8""
Jacob Mead [?]
L Hellman 10""
Thos Parker 63 Catherine St
P Hellman 10 Cedar
Bernard [Helliler?] 10"
Carrington & Orvis, 12 Cedar St
L B Gotorp 16"
R & A. Lane 18"
Geo M Harrison 179 West 16 st
Columbus Lane 18 Cedar
Peter V W Bishop 118 West 18th st
Carpenter N Mackin 20 Cedar St
Wright & Groesbeck 22 Cedar St
Wm A. Cromwell 24 Cedar St
Wm H. Smith 112 Thompson
Stowe & Saterlee 24 Cedar St
Thos P. Gustin 150 Water Street
W R Stone 24 Cedar St
J. Van Warrick & Co 118 Maiden Lane
G Saterlee 91 Livingston St
Bagbys & Wright 26 Cedar St
Wm Beastall 90 Fulton Street
L L Basenfeld & Bro 28 Cedar St
[Welhwald ?]& Young 30 Cedar St
John Hancock 34 Cedar St
W Willard Smith Nos 36 & 38 Cedar St.
Pennimann Baxter & Saxon 62 William st
T P Baxter """
S Higgins """
H. N. Titus "
Gilbert Travis """
E Bliss Jr 67""
E. I Browne Co 67""
Wm Morse 43 Cedar St
H Armstrong DoDo
William Smeel DoDo
L A Mulford DoDo
Wm H. Perry 40 Cedar St
Eastman Sheldon & Townsend 42 Cedar St
M. Chamberlin 44 Cedar St
B C Hicks 44""
G. B. Smith ""
E G [?] ""
Lee & Brewstwer ""
Bragg Whittemore & [Kelly?] 46 Cedar St
A. H. Van. Peltz 5 Liberty Court. N.Y.
Jarius Chaee 10 Fulton N York
[Moek & Childs?] 172 B NY
[Alexr?][?] 2 Maiden Lane
C. P. [?] "Do
W C Stillman "do
O. H. P. Archer 2½ Maiden Lane
Richard Hughes 107. Fulton St
C H Bryant 4 Maiden Lane
C W Holmes """
H Waldo """
J. Jay Griffin 8""
H. T. Allen
Eli Drucker
Thomas Irvin 53 Dez St
Wm Winne 13th St
Arch McDurmid 11th St
Edward Priest 38 Runsen St Bkn
Edn. C. Williams 430 Bowery
John Mott 10 Maiden Lane
Fredk[Murry?] 10 Maiden Lane
Wm B. Heath 12 Maiden Lane
J E Bartlett "
John Bradley 14 Courtland St 1
Cyrus Bradley 12 Maiden Lane
A. [?] 14 Maiden Lane
D. W Warrent 14 Maiden Lane
P. P. Clark 14dodo
Wm W. Young """
G. H. Bartholemew """
H. E. Gorton """
John D Van Baum 16""
Solomon Hollenbeck 18""
Platt P. Brother 20""
Lewis Denny 20""
J Mahony """
S Mott """
M. W Browne """
M Benedict Jr 276 Bowery
M Benedict Senr """
A Van Tambacke 22 Maiden Lane
E. J. Darrow 28 Maiden Lane
Groesbeeck & Co 30 Maiden Lane
Wm H Groesbeeck Maiden Lane No 30.
F Dunderdale 32 Maiden Lane
Saml R White ""
Richard Kipling ""
F. H. Chichester ""
Chas W. [Sillverdale?] 133 William St
Wm M. Tiers 34. M Lane
Isaac S Thazen 38 Maiden Lane
Mathw Barnes """
D. B. C. Carliton ""
John H Ring ""
Henry Hunter 40""
James A Gauley 42""
Reuben R Mount 42""
John McKie 42""
Harvey. H. Woods 44""
G Gunther & Sons 46""
[?] Henry Meyer No 46.""

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Thomas Warren 48""
John Warren 48""
Walter Abbott 48""
Math Jones & Co 50""
[Crane & Witchie?] 52 M Lane
Thos Earle 54do
J B Kindle 56 Maiden Lane
John M Falconer do
Oliver. S. Fleet No 58 Maiden Lane
Clarence C. Fleet No 32 Maiden Lane
Quinly & Constant No 60 Maiden Lane
Creed Bocker & Co 62 Maiden Lane
[Cornwelle?] Haight & C 68 Maiden Lane
Benjn Haight & 11 Liberty Street
D. R. [?] ""
H. D. Hawk ""
W. N. Hawk ""
W. D. Stewart 35 Liberty
J H Merwin 11 Liberty
J E Werks ""
Stillman & Kearing 72 Maiden Lane
Jno Peryo 74 M Lane
Frances H. Dawes 76 M Lane
Wakemans & Dawes 76 M Lane
John W Lewis 113do do
Walter Wakeman 76 M Lane
Chas J. B. Fainably 76 Maiden Lane
J. W. Hubbard 80 Maiden Lane
W J Welderio "
Richard F Hanland 82 Maiden Lane
Jno. F. Griffin "
Stephen R Titus "
A. Shavers & Co 84 Maiden Lane
A Flecht 24 [Str?] N. 22
James Tippe 92 Maiden
Charles Aycrigg 92 M Lane
Andrew Jackson 92 M Lane
J A Roosevelt 94"
William Baker 94
[?]
T. Roosevlt. 94"
Henry Allen 96"
C. C Warren 96"
Stephen Palmer 96125 Norfolk Street
C W Simpson 98 Maiden Lane
Andrew Bouthman 99 Maiden Lane
P. D. Willis 102 Maiden Lane
A. T. [?] 99 Maiden Lane
Sheehan & [Duggan?] 97 Maiden Lane
James M. Boyd 95 Maiden Lane
C. L. King Do"
C. A Curtis Do"
John P. Coffin 87"
S S Kimball ""
T P Whitney 85"
D S Grant 83"
J Gridley ""
W H Juel ""
Tm Dayton 81"
C S Burs ""
M Carr 77"
G. Forman. 75."
W G Englehart 75"
Geo K. Van Eps 73 Maiden Lane
R. Dickinson 187 Pearl St
J. C. Cunningham 71 M. Lane
R. R. Gneele 71 Maiden Lane
Jas [?] Gray 69 Maiden Lane
Alexander Deacon 71 15th St West
Henry Wilson 69 Maiden Lane
Richards & [Cromwell?] 63 Maiden Lane
M. Woolf 61 Maiden Lane
Wm C Lufbery 325 Spring
R Kenbaugh Dormn & [?] 57 Maiden Lane
[?] 55""
Fuller & Bragg 45""
M B Jadownicki 39 Maiden Lane
Berger & Walter 39 Maiden Lane
Peter Murray 35 Maiden Lane
Matthew Garvey """
B. McCafferty 32 Carmine Street
John H Woodcock 35 Maiden Lane
Wm P Woodcock No 2 Tompkins Market
Charles G. Till 4 Ann Street
T B Jones 29 Maiden Lane
John B Vail 170 Broadway
E. H. Weymand & Co 29 Maiden Lane
Jacob Jennings 48 3d St
Tredwell D Frost 25 Maiden Lane
Lyman Carouse & Pomray 59 Liberty St
George Hodges
Charles S Potter
John Boyd 65 Liberty St
Draper, Aldrich & Co. 67 Liberty St
Thos Bates 71 Liberty St
Berier & Smith 13 Liberty St
Walter W Dick 39 Green St
Joseph Moreau 73 Liberty St
Chas H Randall 73 Liberty St.
Robt E Potts 74 Liberty St
E Stone & Grovenor 107 Maiden St
Jonathan Briggs 52 Charles St
C F Lindsley 66 Liberty St
A M Cameron 66 Liberty St
J B Meritt 66 Liberty St
Taylor & Hogg 60do
H Goodrich 60"
Jno. J. Ward 60 Liberty St
J. H. Bartlett 60 Liberty St
W. W. Rockwell 200 Bleecker St
P Freeman 58 Liberty St
W H. Ward 26 Rose St
Edw H Ismay 61 Bdway
A [?] Brooklyn
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New York City
Memorial of a large number of citizens of the City of New York for a reduction of postage
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Com on P O & P R
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January 25 1849 Referred to the committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Tallmadge
1“Maidn Lane” changed to “Courtland St”.

Partially Printed Document Signed, 4 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