PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED:
The undersigned, citizens of
respectfully 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 & periodicals sent from the office of publication.
3. To reduce the postage on letters and newspapers by mail packet 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. | |
| Rev Jasper Hewitt | Virgil NY | |
| Ransom Walker | " | |
| Wurt Lincoln | " | |
| J Jeremiah G Tyler | " | |
| Alonzo Snider | " | |
| William Snider | " | |
| Charles McVean | " | |
| M Ehle | ||
| J. Byrum | Virgil N.Y. | |
| E. P. Slafter | Virgil N. Y | |
| C. P. Snider | " | |
| G Byrum | " | |
| Milly Benedict | ||
| J Caldecott | " | |
| Amos Hall | ||
| Ira J Elwel | " | |
| Abr C Needer | ||
| Joel Hancock | ||
| [A S?] Roe | ||
| B Glacier | L A. Byram | |
| S Banton | Rhoda Byram | |
| S O Price | ||
| Jerome. Hulbert. Esq. | Virgil. City. | |
| Charles Graham | Virgil | |
| Andrew Hutchings | Clarissa J Hewitt | |
| B B. Hubbel | Mary O[wen?] | |
| Aaron Hutchings | Phebe Booth | |
| D Benton of Virgil | ||
| Nathan Smith | Lucy Smith | |
| Smith Booth | Ch[ouicy?] Foster | |
| Benjamin Berry | Martha [F?] Booth | |
| D R G[?] | Martha R Wright | |
| Norman Chamberlain | David Robinson | |
| Milton Seamans | Edward Tyler | |
| Jay Ball | J Elwell | |
| David D Crawford | ||
| J. E. Sm[ith?] | ||
| J R. Edwards | ||
| J. B. Tenpenning Virgil | ||
| [?] Chattenton | ||
| [Thomas?] Read | ||
| [William?] C Gee | ||
| F. H. Robinson | H. L. S[nider?] | |
| David Robinson Virgil | W. Snider | |
| Warren A. Woods. | J. M. Seamans | Virgil |
| John W. Morse | William Glenny | Virgil |
| David Overton | Isaac B Bloom[er?] | |
| Samuel Slafter | George Elwell | |
| George W. Frank | Rufus Holton | |
| Garlad [vank?] | Solomon Price | |
| Stephen Bentley | James Olmstead | |
| Timothy Green | Zachariah Love | |
| Jacob Halenback | William Bell | |
| Jacob Chrisman | A. E. Robertson | |
| Silas Laton | S. Elwell | |
| James Giller |
Ephraim
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| Enoch Tryon | Eli Shaffron M. D. | |
| Gideon Messenger Esqr | Edmund Homer | |
| George Frank Esqr | Lewis Barton | |
| Lyman D [vank?] | ||
| Bishop B Hubbel | ||
| Chester Simonds | ||
| H. P. Jones | ||
| Leroy Hotchkiss | ||
| Stephen Tyler | ||
| Isaac B Raymond | ||
| Isaac Keach | ||
| Levi Moor[e?] | ||
| George saltsman | ||
| E D Branch | ||
| Wm Vank | ||
| Benjamin Jones | ||
| Oliver Griswold. | ||
| [Wm?] Rea[d?] | ||
| Jonathan Ryan | ||
| Philo Rea[d?] | ||
| Madison. B. Mynard | ||
| D. L. Bronson | ||
| John M Frank | ||
| N Robinson | ||
| Henery Oaks | ||
| John Bouton | ||
| David Penny | ||
| Nathan Bou[ton?] | ||
| Hi[ram?] S. Sherman | ||
| Henry Vamk | ||
| Asher Shepherd | ||
| Jacob Hutchings | ||
| Lyman Bouton | ||
| David Scofield | ||
| Saml Woodard | ||
| Elijah Woodard | ||
| John F Clow |
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Petition
Of 125 citizens of Virgil Cortland Co. N.Y. for cheap Postage
Of 125 citizens of Virgil Cortland Co. N.Y. for cheap Postage
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January 29 1849 Referred to Committee on ^the^ Post Offices & Post Roads
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H. S. Conger
Partially 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