PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED: The undersigned, citizens of the town of Rutland, Vermont 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.
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. | |
| F. W. Hopkins | Clerk of the County for Rutland County. | |
| Robert Hopkins. | Student at law. | |
| Henry Hall | Register of Probate Court [ |
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| Chas Bent | Merchant. | |
| Reuben R. Thrall | Attorney at Law &c. | |
| Simeon Smith | Farmer. | |
| Alvah Preston | Pettifogger. | |
| carlos A Hitchcock | Stage (Agent of Washington County [?] Co | |
| Franklin S Skale | Yeoman | |
| Silas. D. Smith | Sheep Dealer | |
| H S Cheney | Gentleman. | |
| J. S. Webster | Farmer. | |
| Warren H. Smith | Attorney &c. | |
| Henry N. Gould | Clerk. | |
| Luther Daniels | Merchant. | |
| John L. Marsh | Justice of the Peace | |
| Newton Kellogg | Clerk. | |
| Hiram W. Bennett | Jeweler. | |
| James Porter | M. D. | |
| Henry W. Porter | Merchant. | |
| William Barnes | Farmer. | |
| Martin G. Everts | Attorney &c. | |
| W. H. B. Owen | Merchant. | |
| Harry [?] | Mechanic. | |
| Horace Hayward | Student at Law. | |
| Hazen Johnson | do.do. | |
| Robert Pierpont Jr. | do.do. | |
| Solomon Foot. | Attorney at Law & X M. C. | |
| R. Pierpoint | Attorney &c. Lieut. Governor | |
| Wm Kimball | Farmer. | |
| Martin Foster | Clerk. | |
| Harvey Button | Judge of Probate Court. | |
| A L Brown | Rutland | Judge of Co. Ct. |
| E. Pierpoint | Rutland | |
| W. F. Gookin | Rutland | Bookseller |
| Chas Page | do | |
| Wm G Edgerton | " | |
| G. H. Brainard | " | |
| Bradley Reynolds | " | Editor. |
| C Edgerton | " | |
| G A Tuttle | " | Printer |
| C. E. Munger | " | |
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| Robert B. Barney | " | |
| George Graves | " | |
| Cyrus Porter M D | ||
| Rbt [Rast?] | " | |
| O. L. Robbins | ditto | Merchant |
| W. E. C. Stoddard | 4 [ |
Bookseller |
| Moses Perkins | ||
| Rockwood Barrett | a Pitsford |
Merchant |
| S. F. Penfield | ||
| J. G. Penfield | [ |
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| Bradley Pratt | ||
| Edwin Edgerton | " | |
| J. C. Dexter P. M. | " | Post Master. |
| EfPage Espage | " | |
| George Brown | " | |
| H L Blanchard | " | |
| D Freeman | dito | |
| D [ |
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| H. W. Richardson | Rutland | |
| Chs Williams | " | Ex Chief Judge S. C. |
| Amasa Nichols | " | |
| Lucius C Brown | " | |
| Sidney C Parmelee | Burlington | |
| Chs O. Kimball | Do. | |
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Clarendon | |
| Lucien B Parker | do | |
| Erastus B Gurnsey | Do | |
| Isaac Fisher | Do | |
| William [Rast?] Esq | rutland Vt | |
| Israel Cook | " | |
| Allen A. Fuller | " | |
| [Orin?] T Williams | " | |
| John B. Page | " | Cashier Bk. Rutland |
| D. P. Benson | " | |
| E. Hincle | Menden | |
| E Hincle | ||
| E Hinkcle | Menden | |
| Saml E Dyer | Rutland | |
| T R. Bailey | " | |
| W [?] Ripley | " | Marble Dealer |
| E. Foster | ||
| S [Perkins?] | ||
| Peleg Eddy f | Clarendon | |
| William Connell | Rutland | |
| Thos H. Palmer | Pittsford. | |
| George B Alvord | Rutland | |
| D. J. Green | Wallingford | |
| W d Brown | Rutland | Engineer R. R. |
| Joseph Green | do | |
| Geo. W. Chaplin | " | |
| Jeremiah Thornton Jr | ||
| William H. Lyon | do. | Engineer R R. |
| S H [Gneries?] | ||
| William Fuller | ||
| John I Torrey | " | |
| Jos. M. Rockwood. | Rutland | Minister (Bapt) |
| Wm S. Weeks | Clarendon | |
| Moses King | Rutland | |
| Daniel C. Fisher | " | |
| Geo. C. Edgerton | " | |
| Edwin W. Hopkins | " | |
| Lester Mason | " | Merchant. |
| Daniel [Gleven?] | " | |
| Silas Knight | Rutland Vt | |
| J. L. Wardwell | Rutland | |
| George C. [ |
Ditto | |
| Edward G Chatterton | " | |
| orel Cook Jr M. D. | Rutland Vt. | |
| Robt R. Pierpoint | Cyrel Carpenter | |
| I. H Johnson | " | |
| Hawkins Hart | ||
| John A Hicks | Minister (Episcopl) | |
| H H Dyer | Rutland |
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Petition of F. W. Hopkins & 115 other citizens of Rutland Vermont, asking a reduction
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February 9, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and 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,