Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Illinois
that our Senators be and are hereby instructed and our Representatives in the Congress
of the United States be requested to use their exertions to procure such a revision
of the Post Office Laws as shall fix the Postage on Letters at the uniform rate of
five cents, and abolish the requirement now existing that transient newspapers must
be prepaid in the office in which they are deposited in order to their being forwarded
through the mails.
Resolved that his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward to each of our Senators
and Representatives in Congress a copy of the foregoing resolution.
Z. CaseySpeaker of the House of RepWilliam McMurtry
Speaker of the Senate.
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01/11/1849Executive Department Illinois
Springfield January 11th 1849Sir
Yours &cHon John Wentworth M. CAug C. French
01/11/1849Executive Department Illinois
Springfield January 11th 1849Sir
In accordance with a resolution of both Houses of the General Assembly of this State
I have the honor to transmit to you the foregoing resolution.
With much respectYours &cHon John Wentworth M. CAug C. French
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Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Illinois in Relation to cheap postage
Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Illinois in Relation to cheap postage
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January 23, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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Mr. Wentworth
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Handwritten 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,