To the Hon Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:
Manchester Mass Feby 3d /49
The undersigned respectfully request, that you abolish the franking power, and reduce
ordinary letter postage to two
cents and that of newspapers in d[ue?] proportion.
| Thos P. Gentlee | John C. Long. |
| J. W. Allen | Daniel. Butler jr |
| Wm T: Bingham | William Munsey |
| D M. Crafts | Edward Lee |
| E. W. Dutching | Andrew Elliott |
| Sam[?] M Andrews | John Knight |
| Nathaniel Hildreth | F. M. Taylor |
| Asa Spaulding | Aaron L Thompson |
| Barnett S Knowlton | Samuel. Crowell |
| W. R. Crofts | Israel Allen |
| Charles Johnson | Abram Rowe |
| Israel Morgan Jr | John E Morgan |
| J M Lufkin | Leonard C Tross |
| Robert Leary | Samuel H Safford |
| Plumer Wheeler | Moses H Day |
| Benja F. Kendall | F A. Lord |
| Horatio Hamblet | W F Fitz |
| Amos Hilton | S. Littlefield |
| J W Brown | A G. [?]aitfield |
| Edward Babcock | Wm Godsoe |
| Frederic Burnham | John Godsoe |
| E. R. Read | Isaac P Hills |
| J. A. Gould | Geo W Knight |
| Amos Hill Jr | Henry Haskell |
| George. W. Tucker | S Ma[?] |
| George H Burton | |
| H W. Waterman | |
| Edward Perkins | Winthrop Burnham Jr |
| Benja F. Leach | Alfred Annable |
| Albert Jackson | J A Johnson |
| John F Dotey | L Sweeton |
| Rennitt McLean | L. Woodberry |
| Daniel L Crafts | C. A. Dean |
| William Preston | Na[?] And[?] |
| Philip C Wheeler | G. W. Smith. |
| William Stone | John C. Chadwick |
| Asa L Andrews | Stilson H Dow |
| Stephen Danforth Jr | William Decker |
| G W Starry | Joseph S Chase |
| Wm Morgan | Geo. F Allen |
| Abram Goldsmith |
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| John H Driver | George C Butler |
| Henry Gould | Philip E Cross |
| Jacob Brown Jr. | Jacob H Dow |
| [?] [?]dolto[?] | Isaac M. Andrews. |
| Josiah Mayo jr | John Little |
| Samuel Sheppard | Thomas W Knight |
| Thomas Dow | |
| Luther Bingham | Ezra B. Rossiter |
| Sam | |
| Charles H Crombie. | John Lee |
| Joseph Peiru | Charles. T. Crockett |
| Simon Mears | Joseph Shepherd |
| Wm H Kinsman | Joseph Morse. |
| George A Brown | Paul Stanley |
| Samuel Mears | Sam^u^el Caldwell |
| W. H. T. Storey | Nathan Richardson |
| G[?] Met[?] | Nicholas T Lee |
| Obed C Kinsman | Hiram Ayers |
| O. A. Taylor | Wm. C. Rust |
| J K Preston | Edward. B. S Vennard |
| John Price | Thomas Preston |
| [L?] Saml Cheever | Luther C Hanson |
| [?] s B[?]ham | Benja W Severance |
| Andrew J Johnson | John L Colby |
| Isaac Allen | Edward Flint |
| Addison Clarendon | William B Morgan |
| Saml Stone | Isaac Preston |
| Rufus W. Long | Benjamin thompson |
| Thomas H. Stark | Thomas Pierc |
| William Crafts Jur | |
| John H Crombie | John M Osborn |
| Nehemiah Goldsmith | John Hezelton |
| Nathaniel Cully | David Crafts |
| A[?]o[?] H. Warel | |
| James A Thompson | John Bigwood |
| E A Johnson | Ivory Brown |
| Wm Burnham | David Gusney |
| John Millen | Samuel Allen |
| C. B. Hoyt | Henry Elwell Jr |
| Luther C. Brooks. | |
| Albion Gilman | John Girdler 2nd |
| Zacj[?] Goldsmth | A[?]iel Osborn |
| Joseph Riggs | D [?] Bingham |
| Jeffrey Stanley | W. H. Allen |
| George Rinsman | Warren Leo[?] |
| J. S. Dodge | Michael Burnham |
| G J Danforth | William Patch |
| Abner Allen | John C Low |
| George Domecan | John Murray |
| Stephen S[?]y | |
| Eno[?]o C[?]m[?] | John F Ireland |
| John C Wells | Jacob Pert Jr |
| Josiah H Dow | Francis Pert |
| Luther Allen | Isaac P Crafts |
| jacob peart | John S. Crafts |
| George Babcock | John Babcock |
| Daniel L Hildreth | John Smith Jr. |
| Benjn Morgan [?] | Joseph M. Marshall |
| Richard C. Gilson | W H. Allen 1st |
| Abram Burnham | James Dold Jn |
| Geo. N Leach | Daniel Leach Jr |
| Daniel Lord | George W Marble |
| Richard C Dennis | |
| William Allen | Gideon Stevens |
| Henry P. Allen | Joseph Peice |
| William S. Story | Asa L Andrews |
| Jonathan Hassam | Leonard C Foss |
| [?] M Morgan | Isaac Ayers |
| Samuel Cheever Jr | John Crafts |
| Alvan Haskell | James M. Trowt |
| James Perry | Benjamin Williams |
| Aaron Dodge | Timothy M Standley |
| Lysnan [?]ason | Abrm Trowt |
| John Knowlton | Nathaniel Haskell jr |
| [?] Miller | John Obere |
| Samuel Woodberry 2nd | Samuel Woodberry |
| Joseph E Ober | Obed Woodberry |
| Thomas Standley | A. A. Martin |
| Charles W. Reding. | Nathl P. Allen |
| Josiah. W. Haskell [?] | Nicholas S Thissel |
| Stephen. Cross. jr | Thomas Preston [?] |
| Samuel A Edwards | Paul Haskell |
| Stephen Larcom | W. Burnham |
| Henry S Tappan | Michael Can[?]l[?] |
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Petition of Thomas P. Gentlee & 244 others citizens of Mass. for abolition of the
franking privilege and for cheap postage.
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Com on Post Office & P Roads
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February 6. 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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by D. P. King
Handwritten 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