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To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled:The undersigned, citizens of the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, respectfully ask your honorable body to re-enact so much of the
Post Office law of 1845 as allows of the free transmission of newspapers by mail for
the distance of thirty miles from the place where they are printed.
January 1849.| Wm Harlan Williams | D. Hilbert |
| B F Bukley | Saml G. Peppard |
| J. Peall. | |
| John Quigley | W. W. Kennedy |
| William Griffith | G. W. Bryan |
| George Swain | [J?] R Hunter |
| T McBride | M. M. Sloan |
| Nathan [D?]eiley | |
| H G Carter | James Cady |
| J R Crawford | Samuel Hamilton |
| Joseph [V?] Penn | |
| J. K. Thomas | F. Hamilton |
| John A[tkinson?] | C. N. Allen |
| J Crabb | |
| H. S. McFadden | James Walton |
| J. P. Johnson | |
| Jno Ward | |
| Wm Milligan | |
| Thomas McCue | |
| Daniel Mc[Henry?] | |
| Boyd Christy | |
| Conrad Keesy | |
| William Dickerson | |
| John Phillips | |
| Walter Jamison | |
| John Rea | |
| John Hoffman |
Above are some 38 names of persons to whom this petition has been presented since
its reception on [last?] mail night; which I desire you to present to Congress In haste.
Yours,W. Harlan Williams<Page 2>
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The petition of Harlow Williams & 37 others citizens of Harrison County Ohio praying
for the free transmission of newspapers by mail for a distance of 30 miles.
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February 3. 1849 Referred to the Comm on Post Office and post roads.
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William Kennon Jr
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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