PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:The undersigned, Citizens of Massachusetts, respectfully petition Congress to pass
a Law to establish A UNIFORM RATE OF Postage, not to exceed ONE CENT ON Newspapers, and TWO CENTS on each PRE-PAID Letter of half an ounce, for ALL DISTANCES.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
| NAMES. | RESIDENCE. | NAMES. | RESIDENCE. |
| Saml Foster | Boston | William Parkman | Boston |
| C. E. Whall | Boston | ||
| G B Lathrop | Boston | Frank Ingersoll | Boston |
| Alexr Wood | Boston | Geo G. Claph | Boston. |
| [?] Amos Whitmore | Boston | ||
| Thos P Pulsifer | Boston | Alfred R. Turner | Boston |
| O. [Minntfort.?] | Boston | C. W. Parsons | Boston |
| Uriah Ritchie | " | ||
| Elijah Stearns | " | William G Tolman | " |
| John Spence Jr. | Boston. | David Parker | " |
| Harvey Hall | Marshfield | Josiah Sabin | " |
| John Smith | Boston | Joseph T Moses | " |
| Henry E. Turner | Malden. | Charles [Taney?] | " |
| Edward J. Jones | Boston | A. [G?]. Chandler | " |
| James W [Pond?] | Boston | Lawrence Flint | " |
| Robert Ripley. | Boston | Joseph F. White | " |
| Eleazer Pratt | " | Wm H Badger | " |
| Ezra O. Eaton | " | amos [Pond?] | " |
| Job [Tanner?] | " | A. C. Fernald | " |
| Francis L Sargent | Boston | J Holden. Foster. | Boston |
| William Palfrey | " | Moses Pond | " |
| George G. Hanle | " | C W Green | " |
| Geo. P. Tewksbury | " | W. G. Snelling | " |
| [Knox?] Peirce | Boston | [?] Ellis | " |
| S. Struler | " | John Felton | " |
| Wm Marble | " | Danl Heath | " |
| Jms F [?] | " | Isaiah [Saxon?] | " |
| J Rhoades | " | Willard Flint | " |
| John B. Wells | " | Peter Holmes | " |
| Chas F. Wells. | " | Jona Parker. | " |
| Edward F Dunn | " | John F Currant | " |
| Thos P Foster | " | Edward Beecher. | " |
| Wm H. [Learnar?] Jr | " | Abraham M Moore | " |
| George W Billings | " | Joseph Hollis. | " |
| H D. Fowle | " | John O Hollis | " |
| Danl F [Snow?] | " | John A Plummer | " |
| Enoch H Snelling | " | James H Allen | " |
| W. L. [Barnes?] | " | Wm Hall | |
| John J Meston | " | Amos Otis Stearns | |
| Peter M Baldwin | " | E. S. Tappan | Boston |
| Thos P. Ryder. | " | Louis E. Fisher | do |
| Thomas P Barnes | " | ||
| [?] | " | ||
| Benjamin Dodd | " | ||
| John Spence | " | ||
| S O Mason | " | ||
| William B Lovejoy | " | ||
| George B. Watson | " |
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^6^ Petitions of Samuel Foster & 85 others, citizens of Massachusetts, praying for a
reduction & uniform rate of postage.
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Jan. 29. Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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January 29, 1849 Referred to to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Mr. Palfrey.
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