To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled:
The undersigned, citizens of the county of Coshocton 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.| Jas M. Brown | Benj. Coe |
| [Abm?], H, Sells | |
| M. D. Van Eman | Robt Southwell |
| G, E, Conwell | H. Hay |
| James. T. Marshall | A: Johnston |
| A. N. Milner | J Bartholomew |
| J. H. Workman | Dewitt Chandler |
| Thos. Campbell | Robt Hutchinson |
| J, Y, Smith | Benjamin Burt |
| S, G, Pease | Thos Smith |
| John Davis | Wm Shaw |
| Jas Mathews | A. [L?]. Cass |
| H, Meek | C. W. Miller |
| Thos [Duyer?] | |
| W. V. Johnson | L. Kratz |
| Jos K, Johnson | Isaac [Royer?] |
| Saml C. McMunn | Seth [McClain?] |
| Lewis [Rhoderick?] | Phineas Tuttle |
| Samuel y Moore | |
| R, [F?], Baker | Wm, W, Webb |
| W. R. Welch | S Harburgh J |
| Nathaniel Chaney | |
| James Hay. | David Magill |
| H. S. Tuttle | Mathew Stuart |
| Wm Woodburn | Thos W. Flagg |
| Benjn F Sells | [J T, Traxler?] |
| F. H. [Fritsky?] | S. F. Madden |
| James L. Love | |
| [I?]Joseph Sawyer | John Waggoner |
| [Joseph?] Neff | Jacob Waggoner |
| R L Brown | A. R. Hillyer |
| Thomas M Barnes | |
| Michael [Trotman?] | William M. Stone |
| Hesekiah Cantwell | John C, Tidball |
| Zebedee Baker | Jos, Burns |
| John | G. F. Cassingham |
| John Crawley | H K [Hennigh?] |
| Chas H Dewey | |
| Thos J. Madden | |
| William T Decker | 89 names |
| Robert Dickey | |
| William B. Decker | |
| C. Bassett | |
| J. Milton Monroe | |
| W, R. O’Hara | |
| B. Bonnett | |
| Moses Aunspaugh | |
| James Archer | |
| J. L. F. Thomas | |
| James G Green | |
| R. C. Bryan | |
| S B [Crowley?] | |
| H N. Shaw | |
| B. M. t. E Drone | |
| B B P Brump | |
| Adam Laffer | |
| M. D. lemasters | |
| C, C, Milner [?] |
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The petition of James M Browne & 88 other citizens of Coshocton, co. P, praying for
the passage of a law allowing the free transmission of newspapers, by mail for 30
miles from the place where the same are printed.
Refered to com. on post office and post roads.
5 Feby 1849
J, D. CumminsRefered to com. on post office and post roads.
5 Feby 1849
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February 5. 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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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