PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House OF Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, citizens ofOneida County, New York, 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 and periodicals sent from the office of publication.
3. To reduce the postage on letters and newspapers by mail packets 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. |
| George Gary | Steuben |
| Delos Gary | ste " |
| Francis Ford | ste " |
| Mrs S. Ford | ste " |
| Mrs A. Ford | ste " |
| Miss Jane Williams | ste " |
| L. Ford. | ste " |
| Hugh Meredith | Steuben |
| Elizabeth Meredith | Steuben |
| Jennett Meredith | Steuben |
| Mary Meredith | Steuben |
| Lydia A Meredith | Steuben |
| F W Phillips | Steuben |
| D. J. Roberts | Steuben |
| H. C. Phillips | Steuben |
| Maria Phillips | ste " |
| Madoson Ford | ste " |
| Electa Phillips | ste " |
| Ulrich Bycher | ste " |
| H H Phillips | ste " |
| A Phillips | ste " |
| [?] C. R. Clarke | Utica |
| S. Dewey | Trenton |
| Thos W Clark | Steuben |
| Richard A Putnam | Steuben |
| Albert Putnam | ste " |
| Michael Vandewaters | ste " |
| Dwight P Clark | ste " |
| Philip Van Voorhis | ste " |
| Samuel. B. Duststin | ste " |
| John, D, Clark. | ste " |
| Julia A Dustin | ste " |
| Margaret Tripp | ste " |
| Julia Putnam | ste " |
| Susan Clark | ste " |
| Angeline Putnam | ste " |
| Mary E Fraser | ste " |
| Margaret E Fraser | ste " |
| W J [Wheldonge?] | ste " |
| Orrin Ford | ste " |
| William Cronk | ste " |
| Charles Brooks | ste " |
| Charles Ames | ste " |
| Charles [Madole?] | ste " |
| William Bristol | Pinckney |
| [Priscilla Madole?] | Steuben |
| Philena Bristol | |
| Mrs. P Bristol | Pinckney |
| Benjamin Miller | Trenton |
| Mrs N Miller | ste " |
| Milton Miller | Steuben |
| Charles H Young | ste " |
| Catharine Miller | ste " |
| Saul U Muller | ste " |
| Esther L Young | ste " |
| Levi Fowler | Mich |
| Albert Madole | Steuben |
| Levis Crill | ste " |
| Hamilton P Madole | ste " |
| Nathaniel Madole | ste " |
| Alfred Gillett | ste " |
| Orrin B Calkins | Steuben |
| Lydia Coman | Steuben |
| A N Calkins | Steuben |
| Mariah Madole | Steuben |
| Eliza Madole | Steuben |
| Martin Dennison | Steuben |
| R W [Ubelar?] | ste " |
| C S Weaver | ste " |
| N Ames | ste " |
| John [?] | ste " |
| Alfred. H. Gillett | Steuben N. York |
| G. C. Gillett | ste " uben " |
| S. Gillett | ste " uben " |
| L. W. Gillett | ste " uben " |
| Samuel Clark | |
| John Brooks | ste " |
| D. W. Clark | Holland Patent |
| J. C. McIntosh | Steuben |
| Levi Ford | ste " |
| Charles W Hizer | ste " |
| Jno B Sackett | Holland Patent |
| William. C. Clark | ste " land " |
| Thomas Robinson | ste " land " |
| L Lucy Peabody | ste " land " |
| S C [ |
ste " land " |
| Herbert Pride | ste " land " |
| William C Robinson | ste " land " |
| E. C. Seymour | ste " land " |
| Judson R Ward | ste " land do |
| James H Hopkins | ste " land " |
| Henry [?] | ste " land " |
| George F Meigs | ste Doland Do |
| David F. Wells | Holland Patent |
| William Powell | ste " land " |
| Isaac P [Stantore?] | ste " land " |
| John, O Hulbert | ste " land " |
| Juliaette Halsted | ste " land " |
| S. Frances Rollo. | ste " land " |
| C Frances Powell. | ste " land " |
| Caroline Robinson | ste " land " |
| M Mary Deleng | ste " land " |
| James W Keeler | ste " land " |
| Thomas Carr | ste " land " |
| W. S Winslow | ste " land " |
| L J Rice | ste " land " |
| Charles A Ward | ste " land " |
| Julia Peabody | ste " land " |
| Eliza Chapin | ste " land " |
| Mary J Crumly | ste " land " |
| John P Egleston | ste " land " |
| Louisa Dodge | ste " land " |
| Julia Dodge | ste " land " |
| Mary E Seymour | ste " land " |
| M Seymour | ste " land " |
| Daniel W Vary | ste " land " |
| J. K. Brown | ste " land " |
| A. B. Wells | ste " land " |
| M. G. Clarke | Utica |
| H. R. Clarke | Utica |
| A. Ford | Steuben |
| 120 names |
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Hon. Timothy JenkinsHouse of RepresentativesWashington D.C.[ docketing
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N. York
Petition, of the People of Oneda Co. N.Y. for low postage & no franking
Petition, of the People of Oneda Co. N.Y. for low postage & no franking
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February 6, 1849 Refer to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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T. Jenkins
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N.Y
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,