To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives in Congress of the United States assembled:
As “the Post Office system was designed” (strictly) “for business purposes, for the cultivation of the social & friendly feelings”, and
for the promotion of general inteligence, & all useful knowledge “among the citizens of the different sections of the Union”, equally,
Therefore, the undersigned citizens of Kittery, Maine, respectfully request you to
reduce ordinary Letter postage to Two cents; that the Franking power be extended to all Newspapers & other periodicals sent directly from the offices of publication, to regular subscribers; that transient newspapers, of ordinary size, be charged one cent each; & other transient mailable matter, in due proportion, & that the above named rates extend invariably, throughout the Union.
Kittery, Me. Jany.[AD.?] 1849.| # | Chas G. Bellamy | George Sparhawk |
| R. F. Gerrish | George H R Marden | |
| Joseph Seawards | Reuben Randall | |
| Joseph Phillips | ||
| John Waldson | Stephen Emery | |
| Thomas [?] Seward | [?] O Hoyt | |
| William L Tobey | Saml M Blake | |
| Levi Gilson | ||
| Lorenzo Fletcher | Asa F. Mitchel | |
| John Call | John Brown | |
| Daniel F[Frisbee?] | Oliver Cutts | |
| Oliver Berry | Albert Wilson | |
| George Patch | ||
| Jere Gunnison | ||
| Alfred Bunker | Jos G Chambers | |
| Charles Mitchell jr | Chas G Hathorn | |
| Isaac Chauncey | ||
| William Phillips | Levi D Randall | |
| Benjn Seawards Esq | Lorenzo D Mitchell | |
| John Williams | Joseph Mitchell | |
| R. H. King | George W Trefthern | |
| Joel Seward | ||
| Isaac Seawards | Samuel Toby | |
| William Mitchel | Josiah Williams Jr | |
| William Mitchell jr | Wm Mitchel Jr | |
| William Gibbs | ||
| John. E. Lawry | James Barholanow | |
| Leonard G Parker | Zebulon Babcock | |
| Jacob S. Willian | Joel Peters. | |
| Albert Adams | Marlen O’Flagon | |
| M. W. Barns | Peter McGraw | |
| S. S. Salems | Johns G Atkinson | |
| Nathan L. Brown | Sawyer Savage | |
| James McDonald | Cotton Flanders | |
| David Adams | Bancroft Fermald | |
| J S Lawrence | Smith Benson | |
| John Johnson | ||
| John D Lawrence Jr | Jere M. V Gunnison | |
| Saml Blake Jr | Venton Clark. | |
| Saml Blake 4th | Henry Brackett | |
| J. N. Fairbanks | ||
| R S Dodge |
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Petition of Charles G. Bellamy & 73 others inhabitants of Kittery Me in favor of a
reduction of the present rates of postage
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Jan 29, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads.
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Handwritten 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,