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. |
| J. A. Hathaway | Taunton | George W Burns | Boston |
| A. H. Hibron | Fall River | Elesha L Pratt | E Bridgewater |
| Nathl S. Mason | Taunton | Charles Hilborne | Boston |
| James G Hedge | Plymouth | M M Keith | E Bridgewater |
| Edwin Glass | " | E P Robinson | " |
| C C Cady, Esq | " | G. Hawes Jr | Hanson |
| J C Lindsley | Dorchester | Moses Bates Jr | E. Bridgewater |
| Jona. Battles Jr. | " | Franklin Keith | " " |
| T B Browne | Dorchester | Benj K. Robinson | " " |
| J [Mears?] Jr | " | Harrison Whitman | " " |
| Geo W Beul | " | Charles F Pinkham | Lynn |
| E. A. Dammers | " | Jacob A. Rogers | E Bridgewater |
| Rufus Gibbs | " | E. C. Hilwell | " " " |
| Edward Harris | Isaac Washburn | E Bridgewater | |
| Horatio G Shepard | " | Robert Cook | |
| Henry [S?] Darling | " | S B Jones | E Bridgewater |
| Stephen Bailey | Zebina Johnson | E Bridgewater | |
| Estes Kimball | Samuel V. Chandler | ' ' | |
| Geo A Freeman | Harvey Jasse[?]e | ' | |
| Isaac. Field Jr | Galen Spare | ||
| James White 2d | Weymouth | Barthw Brown | N. Bridgewater |
| D. C. Cram | E. Bridgewater | S. G. Coburn | E. Bridgewater |
| George L Edson | West Bridgewater | Saml Chapman | Boston |
| Elijah Hinkley | E Bridgewater | Benja Keith | E Bridgewater |
| Freedom. Keith. | Israel Thrasher | " " | |
| Isaac Keith | East, br | Jas Brown | " " |
| Thomas Keith | S. A Young | " " | |
| Wm Briggs | Jno Sho[?] | ||
| Eleazor Whitman Jr | Lewis Bryant | ||
| J. O. Vinton | Chas W Rogers | " " | |
| Joseph Vinton | Benjamin F Tribon | ||
| Charles Rogers | George F Tribon | ||
| Elisha [M?]itchell | (Hanson) | J. [E?]. Sawyer | Abington |
| Cyrus Drew | (Mass) | H W French | East Bridgewater |
| Gad Saper | " | Lucius Tilden | |
| " | Wm S. LeRoy | E. Bridgwater | |
| Ira Thomas | " | B. V. Frank | Braintree |
| Nathl Thomas | " | ||
| James T D[?] | Halifax | Chas M. Fogg | Braintree |
| John A Swett | Hanson | Caleb H Hobart | " |
| " | Trey [F?] Parkinson | ||
| Saml Briggs | " | H Bergher | |
| Hezekiah Read | " | W. Y. Deen | |
| P. H. Perkins | " | O. A S. Richardson | |
| Eli Stetson | Amos W Stetson | ||
| F W Ba[uman?] | L H Lowe | ||
| John [?]y[?] | Charles N Richards | ||
| Jesse Proutz | Hezekiah Thayer | ||
| Nathaniel W. French | E Bridgewater | John Bowdeleh Sr | |
| Ma[?] Lazell | William Dennett | Braintree | |
| Freeman P. Howland. | Hanson | Wm S. Ellison | |
| Waterman Elis | Alven [W?] Stetson | ||
| Seth W Harden | |||
| Charles Williams | |||
| William Briggs Jr |
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Petition of J. A. Hathaway & others for a uniform rate of cheap Postage
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January 29 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Come on Post Offices &c
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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