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PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, citizens ofNew Yorkrespectfully 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.
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.
N [Andrews?] 47 Dey St NY
James D Colton 171 Bard St
F. Greget Colombus Street South Brooklyn
F. M. Denniston 47 Dy st NY
John Hall 5 Chambers Street
Ira A Ives 123 [?] St NY
H Toulox 2 N D Williamsburgh
John Howard Brooklyn
Henry R Burnet 14 Greenwich St
John H. Giffin 156 Elizabeth St N.Y.
George W Harrison
R G W Simpson 47 Dey St
Andrew. Patterson 121 Fourth Avenue
William Hunt 378 Pearl St
Isidore Bonin 153 [?] St
Benj Pike Jr 294 Broadway
Chas Wade 10. 10th Stl
Geo S. Lawrence 20 Crosby St
S W C Peck 292 Broadway
George Paxton 7 Thompson St
Jos H [Arles?] 292 B Way
Jno P. Howard Irving House
Jos A [Saltall?] irvi "
J B Billings irvi "
Geo W Ketchum 21 Bayard St
C S Tiffany 271 Broadway
Thos Crane Banks [?]rd G Hintze
Geo. H. Dexter irvi " irvi "
B. Christ. irvi " irvi "
J L. Ellis irvi " irvi "
George McClure irvi " irvi "
Wm Branch irvi " irvi "
Theodore Starr irvi " irvi "
Christ [?]
[?] 319 [May?]
Vreer 229 [May?]
[?] 1" [?]
H. Schlegel. 1" [?]
C Horter [302?] [?]
B [Kreigeheisen?] 356 [?]
[P?]. Milling [?]
Thomas Quinn [?]
G Hinke [?]
Henry W. Heywood [?]
James Supple [?]
T Z Walter 267 Broadway
Edgar Harriott 265 Broad Way
James E[Haddam?] 265 bro"
John Freeman 5 Vandam St
T. W. Donovak M D 142 Mercer Str
N. Adolphus 265 Broadway
Charles Holt, Junr 260 Broadway
Kimball & Beesley 259 broDo
Benjn Waterbury 258. Broadway
W. R. Ridgely 14 College Place
Nunns & Clark pr H R H 257 Broadway
Chas S. Francis & Co 252 broDo
Danl I Tenney 251 broDo
S L Bennet 251 broDo
G King [?] 173 [ Wall?] St
B. G. Barney 247 Broadway
W Black 247 B Way
Henry Tindall. 240 Bway
[Louis?] Brooks 240 Bway
James Lacy 30 Centre St.
Thomas L. Conroy 545 Broome St
Wm J Conroy 3 Park Row
John Boggs 1 Park Row
[Levi?] Davis 56 Greenwich St.
S. A. St. John 90 South St
Jas E Mungen No 1 Astor House
Bartlett & Welford b " 7 bro do
John C Noe b " 8 bro do
John B Condon 17 Gay St
Ray B Easterbrooks 10 Astor House
Henry [?] [?]
Richd B Ferris 109 East Broadway
S [M Surman?] 368 Greenwich st
Edward M Walton 236 Broadway.
Jno. G. Thurman 368 Greenwich St
Abm Halsey Jr Bank of New York
Saml M. Aikman 134 Front st
Chas P Dickinson 78 John St
Robt L [?] Bank of new York
W. H. Shepard 256 Broadway
Lewis B. Reed. Jr No. 61 Wall Street.
Geo K Cooke No 359. 4th St
John H Robins no 82 E B Way
H P Kennedy No 82 [Ruington?] St
Danl [Senfas?] No 49 12st Street
W. B. Hayward No 59 Broadway
O H Bowman No59BrDo
Isaac S. Ferguson No 36 Downing St.
William Day No 50 E 18th St
Robt Newell 589 Bdway
Theo: Miner 137 Sullivan st
S S Day 28 Charlton St
John Day 144 Wooster "
[?] 581 Broadway
W. I Struthers 577 Broadway
S.P. Tracy 573 Broadway
Josephine D Heard 188 Laurens Street
Jane Treacy 573 Broadway
P Tracy 573 B Way
Thos Roberts 569 Broadwy
Jas Henderson 565 Broadway
Alex Henderson 565 broDo
Wm P C Tillson 2 Bradford st.
J. & T. Frank & Co 557 Broad Way
Rich Brown 645 Broadway
Thos M Stonen [582?] Bowery
E. R. Davison 557 Broadway
John Higgins 65 Prince st
Rogers & Company. 551 Broadway
551bro "
Hiram Youngs 551bro "
551bro "
J. H. Holden 551bro "
E. C. Rushmore 551bro "
A. J. Cunningham 547 Broadway
J & A. Meakim 511 Broadway
J Madden 509 Brodway
Everett Elting 509 Broadway
Jno. S. Pattinson 507 Broadway
Jno A Johnston 1 " 551b "
Geo C Marshall 507 Bdway
Julius Dessoir 499 Brodwy
John S. Ridner 497 Broadway
Charles. H. Delavan 489 Broadway
Henry. B Greenwood 487 B. Way
[Sharfenberg?] & Luis 483 B. Way
Wm Van Derbeek 477 B. way
V. Castle Cor of Spring & Broadway
Thos Slater 479 Broadway
E W Hutchings 475 Broadway
D Murray 489 Bway
Robt Morton 469 Bway
L C Stuart 469 Broadway
M [S?] Jeffers 467 Broadway
John Carr 388 Broom Street
N [Malherbe?]
Isaac C Chapman 461 Broadway
Wm P Donaldson 461 Broadway
James S [?] 1 " 551b "
R Stilwell 455. B. way
Wm Burns 453 Broadway
W H Gulick 451 [Boundry?]
A Mails 449 Broadway
Andrew Cass 447 Broadway
W Mesick 425 Broadway
J. Y. D. Skillman
James Miller 423 Broadway
[?] 421 Broadwy
John S Walker 419 Broadway
[?] 411 brodo
John D [?] 407bro "
G [Gorham?] 403½ B way
Thos T Green 399 bro Do
John Hill 397 bro Do
Henry Joseph [NY?] 395 bro Do
Saml Saunders 387 Broadway
Jas M. Jaques 385 bro do
Geo W. Ackerman 1 " Hammond St
John L Jaques 1 " Broadway
R. W. Gulager [Allison?] Place
Thos A. Chambers 385 B Way
Henry Chadwick 563 Broadway
[Kerksies?] [Bradford?] 421 Broadway
Philip Ernst
[R H?] Shentley 371 Broadway
Kyle Kerr 371 Broadway
M Cahill 367 Broadway
Charles Williams 8th Avenue
William H. Faulkner 359 Broadway.
John Beck 355 Broadway
John [?] 355. Broadway
P. [McMorrine?] 355 Broadway
R C [Paulison?] 194 Hudson St
W H Geib & Co 361 Broadway
Stodard & Dunham 343 bro do
John Taylor 337 bro do
John Fletcher 333 bro do
Geo W. Caffry 337½ bro do
John Chatellier 338½ Broadway
Ebenezer Wood 331½ B. Way
John E Wood 331½ b " b "
Robert Smyles 321 Bway
Henry K [Lewis?] 1 " 1 "
Jas. O. Hall 1 " 1 "
M R [Doty?] 550 Broome St.
William L Vandevoort 24 Varick st
James Dickson Jnr 510 Broome
[Jm?] Archibald 12 Thompson St
George Wood 66 Rivington St
J S Stroub 321 B Way
A Marshall 2761 Muller St
Emerson M Knowles 58 Warren St
John Dickson 510 Warren St.
[Jackson &?] [?]
W. J. Hassall 321 Broadway
Wm B Tryon 1 " 1 "
W W Black 122 Eldredge st
J R Cooper 18 Abingdon Place
^227^D C Warriner 315 Broadway
Thomas Brewster 309 Broadway ^227^
A & F [?] 479 Broadway
John A. Miller 441 Broadway
LeBoutillier Brothers 46 Canal Street
W Fletcher 46 Canal Street
S. J. Parsells 46 Canal St
[Wm?] Cummings 176 Fulton St
Thos MacGiles 46 Canal Street
Lewis W Miller 48 Canal Street
Jas M Gillespie 111 Bowery
John Morrissy 46 Canal St
F G Miller 48 Canal Street
E B [?] 486 Canal St
R F Thompson 52 Canal Street
Alex Douglas 52 Canal St
Henry Wilson 52 Canal St
William Barr 522 Canal St
J D Dalrymple 52 Canal St.
C. Hamele 246 Spring St
[?] Bainbridge 52 Canal St
George Brown 57 Canal St
E L White 168 Grand
[June?] W. Marlett 1 " 1 "
S. C. Lynes 60 Canal St
N B D Whitman 42 Vestry St
Gilmour’s & Bell 64 Canal St
T R & I Gilmour 381 Broadway
James Parrish 68 Canal st
Geo. W. Farrington No 72 Canal St
O. S. Rowlandson 72 Canal St
J. [?] 74 Canal St
E H Curtis 76 Canal St
James Phelan 76 Canal St
R. Davis 274 Spring St
William [Corwin?] 3 Bedford
Jasper F Cooper 78 Canal St
Wm Evans 78 Canal St
John R Terry 78 Canal St
Andrew Bass 80 Canal St.
Andrew Cropsey 82 Canal St
Geo F Sharp 3 Nassau St
J R Sharp 82 Canal St
Saml. D. Gorman 88 Canal St
Benj F. Clark 88 1 Do
John Coffey 88 1 "
Fredk W. Pauthman 90 1 Do
James Walker 92 1 Do
Benjamin Bell 98 1 do
James S. [Curring?] 102 1 do
Obed Wickens 104 1 Do
H Weld 108 1 Do
E Moore 112 1 do
J Clark 112 1 "
E S[Schieffelin?] 114 1 do
J. W. Kellogg 116 Canl St
Francisco Chappell. 116 Canal St
Wm W White 118 Canal Stret
R Vanables 120 Canal St
W. Bailey 526 Broome St
J. B. Miller 122 Canal st
Scott C Moore 124 Canal St
Oliver Mowhay 130 Canal St
S B Youngs 132 Canal St
R. Sharpe 134 Canal St.
J. L. O’Meara 136 Canal St
Robt Walker 140 1 do
Hugh Munro 140 1 Do Do
Peter P Lyon 142 Canal St
S. F. Leonard 1 " 111do
Foggan & Crocker 150 Canal St.
J John St [Vernon?] 131 [canal?] street
Allot N. Pulis 152 Canal st
M J Duffy & Co 154 Canal street
J H Casemi 168 Canal Street
David D Egan 160 Canal Street
[Chilian?] Ashmead 526 [front?] Street
H. Ostrander 162 Canal
Ludwig. Engelbreath. Christopher. No 162. Canal. St.
Saml Winterton 166. Canal St
John R Winterton 166 Canal St
Henry G Root 166 Canal St
John Wood 170 1 Do
S. Phillips 62 Hammond st
John J Sillcock 172 Canal St
Isaac Parmby 172 Canal St
John Cuff 271 Spring St
C. G. Stone 174 Canal St
A. S. Ellison [176?] Canal St.
Wm Parker 178 1"
^324^John S. Vanpelt 36 [?]
George W Inslee 172 Canal St
Thomas Leppratt 200 Hudsun St
Abram D Blauvelt 113 Bank st
H. Gill 196 Canal
John E H [Saunders?] 96 canal st
James Nairn 239 Canal St
Robert Brown 196 Canal St
Philip Ruth 16 Watt St
P. D. [Reilly?] 198 Canal St
John R Olmsted 515 Greenwich St
Daniel Cole 198 Canal St
Micheal Reilly 198 Canal St
David [Routh?] 200 Canal street
Mich Moller 153. Varick Street.
John Morton [199?] Canal St
John McRae 109 Canal St
Thos C McRae 109 1 " 11 "
B [?] 4 West Broadway Place
S Struthers 105 Canal St
Frederick R Spencer 115 Canal St.
James S Conover 101 Canal St
Alonzo R Hampton 83 Canal St.
Aaron Vanderbilt 212 Elm Street
C C Simpson 79 Canal St
Richard [Lybecker?] Corner of 50 St 10 Avenue
Henry Harrison no 64 Canal Street
Richard [Brunley?] Marriott 69 Canal St
James Ross 1 "1 " 11 "
James Keen 69 Canal St
N. Howard 65 Canal St.
John Esler 71 Sullivan St
Samuel Pitts 121 Chambers Stret
George Dryden 61 Canal St
James Hinds 57 Canal St.
James S Wood 51 Canal St
Roderick Lawrence 47 Canal St
P. S. Whiting 43 1 " 11 "
Charles T. Cook 45 Canal
James Curry 451 Do
John [?] 193 [?] St
George [Porslock?] 24th West
Lewis Mealio 416 Broadway
Leonard Bond 232 Grand St.
George Maul 412½ Broadway
James Little 406 Broadway
John Engel 10 Thompson st
John J Rush 404 Broadway
Tn Lee 129 Grande
Henry A. Cassebeer 386 Broadway
for Thomas Lippincott 384 Broadway
Wm M Jeens [229?] Bleecker st
375 names 5
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New York
Memorial of N. Andrews & 375 Citizens of New York for Cheap Postage
Com on P. O. & P. R
Mr Tallmadge
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February 7, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
1“876” changed to “276”
2“42” changed to “52”

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,