PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of [Representatives] of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, [citizens of]The City of Auburn and the County of Cayugarespectfully 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. |
| Z M Mason | Auburn NY |
| A. S. Terry | au " |
| J Camp | au " |
| Stephen Titus | au " |
| J H Choate | au " |
| J. Choate | au " |
| J Glover Kellogg | au " |
| Alanson Babcox | au " |
| A V M Snydam | au " |
| Chas W Bennett | au " |
| Hugh Hughes | au " |
| John R Hage | au " |
| George Park | au " |
| J. F. Truitt | au " |
| G W Marshall | au " |
| Coleman Curtin | |
| Smith Taylor | |
| Blanchard Fosgate | au " |
| Wm Fosgate | au " |
| Bartlett Holmes | |
| Benjamin C Hoff | au do |
| John Jay Smith | |
| D D Buck | |
| J J. Rice | |
| S W B Lynch | |
| L J Hibbard | |
| S. C. Lester | |
| A. Whitney | |
| Chas Bruce | |
| A H Hunt | |
| H. Hotchkiss | |
| A Miller | |
| C. B. Hotchkiss | |
| J Patty Jr | |
| C Coventry | |
| E Van Valkenbugh | |
| Benjamin Ashby | |
| Jehu Knapp | |
| H. G Vananden | |
| Samuel Billings | |
| A J Loomis | |
| F H. Leonard | |
| J O Hempsted | |
| Chas Hall | |
| Stephen VnAnden | |
| Albert Muir | |
| Patrick [?] | |
| J. L. Jenkins | |
| R Jenkins Jun | Auburn NY |
| T Allen | au " |
| D. M. Kuln | au " |
| N B L Eldred | au " |
| Jonathan Hubbard | au " |
| J N. Nanie | au " |
| N. Beardsley | au " |
| E. Hills | au " |
| Wm Hill & Co | au " |
| L V Keyes | au " |
| C. Carter | au " |
| C S Pomeroy | au " |
| L. F. Haight | au " |
| J. A. Young | au " |
| Thomas F Graham | au " |
| D. B. Keyes | au " |
| George Sherwood | au " |
| Tredwell Marsh | au " |
| C. C. Marsh | au " |
| S W Arnett | au " |
| J. W. Haight | au " |
| S B Brown | au " |
| George Tiffany | au " |
| [?] | au " |
| T J [Helton?] | au " |
| Henry. Marsh. | au " |
| Robert M. Howard. | |
| Richard Steel | |
| H. S. Hurlbut | |
| Chas S. Snydam | |
| E. S. Drew | |
| George Sturtevant | |
| Wm G. Fisher. | |
| R. H. [?] | |
| James M Alden | |
| John S. Bostwick | |
| C A Parsons | |
| Henry Horton | |
| Charles A Perkins | |
| Alden & Parsons | |
| H. S. Knight | |
| N. R. Searing | |
| W H Herriman | |
| S. D. Stiles | |
| Jno. B. Richardson | |
| James C Bradbury | |
| Samuel Adsit Jr | Sennett Cayuga Co |
| Geo. B Dickinson | Auburn |
| Thos M Hunt | |
| D M Osborne | |
| P. R. Freeoff | |
| E. H. Waldo | |
| Thos C Pollard | |
| Ebenezer Miller | Cayuga Bridge |
| H. Kellogg | Auburn |
| H. Wheeler | |
| H. B. Rathbun | Auburn |
| D. C. Stewart | Auburn |
| Geo Rathbun | |
| David Forster | Mentz |
| O. E. Johnson | Auburn |
| I C Tyler | au " |
| L. Kimberly | |
| Simeon Mott | |
| J. H. Stearns | |
| R. A. Bruce | |
| Horace T. Coon | Auburn (N.Y.) |
| Daniel Andrews | au"au "au " |
| Wm Allen | au"au "au " |
| N A Miller | au"au "au " |
| Royal Olney | Spipio Cay. Co. N.Y. |
| Geo P Newill | Auburn au"au " |
| J H Coe | Springport a"a "a " |
| J. M Gale | Auburn |
| Lewis Paddack | Auburn |
| Edward N Kitchel | Auburn |
| A M Lester | au " |
| Albert Shepard | au " |
| H. R. Jenkins | Auburn |
| A Thompson | |
| Philip Depuy | Owasco |
| Lyman Hinman | |
| Edwin O West | |
| Eben Cuher | |
| L H. Baldwin | |
| S. W. Nelson | |
| J Gould | Auburn Cg Co NY |
| Stephen Fessindon | au " aubur " |
| Abijah Fitch | au " aubur " |
| F. L. Griswold | au " aubur " |
| N. P. Clarke | au " aubur " |
| W. T. Lyon | au " aubur " |
| Peter Quick | au " aubur " |
| S. Inigwold | au " aubur " |
| N G Wheaton | Auburn au " |
| Lawson Lynch | au " |
| G Taylor | au " |
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| John H Mitchell | [?]au " |
| E. K. Wellner | Auburn au " |
| T. L. Barker | au " |
| Nelson Fitch | au Do |
| F. G. Day | au Do |
| Stephen A Goodwin | |
| T. H. Porter | |
| E T Baldwin | Owasco |
| J Seymour Jr | Auburn |
| J. C. Ivison | au " |
| J. O. Seymour | Auburn |
| M. S. Clark | |
| Henry Carpenter | au " |
| Huron Green | au " |
| Villars Merrell | au " |
| Wm B Smith | au " |
| Dwight Merriman | au " |
| Wm F. Merriman | au " |
| H J Sartwell | au " |
| Israel Kimberly | au " |
| Wm Henderson | |
| D Merriman | |
| Lewis. B. [?] | |
| Geo [Hartwell?] | |
| A. C. Munger | au " |
| Amos Underwood. | au " |
| George Munger " | au " |
| John Moore " | au " |
| James Chappel | au " |
| G. W. Van Wick | au " |
| A M. Clark | au " |
| S. W. Walton | |
| A S Bogelow | au " |
| E P Senter | au " |
| Josiah Y Hoaglan | au " |
| H. A. Hanes | au " |
| A T. Walley | au " |
| John [?] | au " |
| J B [?] | |
| J White Jr | |
| B T. Champion | au " |
| P B Bratt | au " |
| A. Hinckley. | |
| C. H. Holt | |
| J. F. Hamilton | Auburn |
| C. N. Penney | au " |
| E. D. Lord | |
| S. N. Smith | |
| John S Clary | |
| George W Holt | |
| John McKinnan | Auburn |
| Nelson Chapin | |
| M. Sittser | |
| P. G. Cooke. | |
| R. H. S. Hyde | |
| Wm B Hatfield | |
| Josiah Chatfield | |
| Henry Underwood. | |
| C. A. W. Sherman | |
| D. Cole | |
| M Cole | |
| C. B Cole | |
| David Howell | |
| D P G [?] | |
| Charles Hopping | Mentz Cayuga County |
| Moses Barrow | Auburn au " aubu " |
| P. G. Clark | au " aubu " |
| George Underwood | au " |
| Amasa R Hamblin | Auburn Cay. Co N.Y. |
| S. C. Williams | au " aubu " |
| E H Baxter. | au " aubu " |
| John H Oliphant | au " aubu " |
| Lewis A Jones | |
| J S. Seymour | |
| Alfred Avery | |
| Nathan J Stiles | |
| H. L. Smith | |
| Theo. M. Pomeroy | |
| Wm G Stevens | |
| B D Stevens | |
| H B Northray | |
| E Ivison | |
| Wm Ivison | |
| Howard Livingston | |
| [Om?] C Bartlett | |
| E Downer | |
| D. Fries | |
| C H Stewart | |
| J. Cooper | |
| Sewell [?] | |
| Ezra Stone | |
| Murray Merriman | |
| Amasa Curtin | |
| Silas Whitford | |
| F. Richardson | |
| W. G. Simpson | |
| Thos W Cornell | |
| C S Burtis | |
| John [Backenstross?] | |
| Silas W. Rud | |
| Wm Clark | |
| Thos Todd | |
| Oscar Hurd | |
| E Pease | |
| Joseph S Miner | |
| A Alexander | |
| D S Lynch |
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Petition of 250 citizens of the city of Auburn N.Y. for cheap Postage
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January 27 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Comm on Post office & Post Roads
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H. S. Conger
Partially Printed Document Signed, 3 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