To the Senate & H. of Representatives of the United States.
The undersigned citizens of Muskingum Co. Ohio respectfully petition for a law reducing
Postage to an uniform rate of 2 cts for all letters weighing ½ oz, or less, when prepaid
& 4 cents when not prepaid, and 1 cent on all newspapers and 1 ct per sheet for pamphlets
when sent by publishers, to be paid on delivery, and prepaid when sent by other persons.
And for a total abolition of the Franking privilege. And as in duty bound will ever
pray.
January 1849.| Horace Nye | |
| A. Buckingham | H Safford |
| E Buckingham | H. Sturges |
| James Nicholson | Eli Nesbo[?] |
| S Sturges Guthrie. | W. Sturges |
| Henry Goshen | B. H. Buckingham |
| R. N. Dunlap | James Garnet |
| Loving S Gilbert | W. B. Guthrie |
| C [R?] Harden | L S Brown |
| G. N Buckingham | Geo. N. Guthrie |
| A. A. Guthrie | Z M Chandler |
| H. D. Munson | J Deen |
| Samuel Wiles | D Harden |
| W W McCoy | W. Harper |
| S C Haven | Geo. Fisher |
| W W Drake. | W W Davisson |
| Jacob Haven | John Roberts |
| S L Bowers | Wm Berkshire |
| J. C. Guthrie | John F. Ellis |
| Matthew Gillespie | Wesly Croskey |
| J. B. Erwin | |
| Richard Reed Jr | D. McCarty |
| Thos Garrett | Jesse Smith |
| Lawson Wiles | Samuel Galbreath |
| S. H. Guthrie | E [S?] Qell |
| James Seamans | |
| John Baughman | C C C Batthis |
| E W Tapper | J. P. Safford |
| A. H. Bassett [?] | |
| R. Safford | E B Hall |
| Jno Haven | William Elmore |
| [?] Best | S. Sturges |
| P y Boyd | John Smith |
| James D Sturges | John Burley |
| Samuel Sniff | Richard B Osmond |
| Benjamin Tuttle | John Burley Jr |
| Daniel Terril | J. J. Anderson |
| Philo Buckingham | R. B. Foster |
| S W Rastoff | |
| Wm Munch | J B Chappelean |
| Aml[oge?] Josselyn | E. Dellon |
| James S Ward | |
| Wm H Moore | G. F. Wiles |
| Wm Beaumont | David Jones, Jr |
| J D McCristal | Loyd Marcer |
| G H Mart | John Metcalf |
| Buchanan | Philip Muhl |
| Leroy Balinger | Richd Dymond |
| John Sniff | |
| Joseph Clapper | C. S. Charlott |
| C. Wells | W. T. Wells |
| Chas Northrop | Jacob Miller |
| H C Ward | Enoch Wilbur |
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Ohio.
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Petition of Citizens of Muskingum County Ohio in favor of cheap Postage and abolishing the franking privilege
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January 29 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post office & Post Roads
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Com. on Post Offices and Post roads.
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N. Evans of Ohio
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