PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:The undersigned, citizens ofMoscow, Bingham, Waterville Solon & other towns in Mainerespectfully 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 packet 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. |
| Theodore Hill | Waterville |
| Elijah Temple | Moscow |
| Robert Whitcomb | " |
| Sarah Temple | " |
| Elijah Temple Jr | " |
| Elisebett Temple | ''' |
| Anna Temple | " |
| Joseph P. McCrillis | " |
| Sophia McCrillis | " |
| Nathaniel McCrillis | " |
| Edna Maxim | " |
| Robert Burns | " |
| Sabrina Burns | " |
| S K Cummings | Bingham |
| M B Cummings | " |
| Mary A Cummings | " |
| Jesse Spaulding | Madison |
| Ann Spaulding | " |
| Malvina Spaulding | " |
| Rozilla Getchill | " |
| John Burns | Solon |
| Jonathan Eaton | " |
| Samuel Eaton. | " |
| Moses Eaton Jr | " |
| Samuel M French | " |
| Sarah Eaton | " |
| Sarah. F. Eaton | " |
| Timothy Triggel V.D.M. | " |
| Henry R Butler | N. Bedford Mass |
| David Rowell | Solon |
| Luther Rowell | " |
| Asa Lewis Andrews | " |
| Levi D Rowell | " |
| Mary Rowell | " |
| Alice. S. Whipple. | " |
| Moses Eaton | " |
| Lydia Eaton | " |
| John Eaton | " |
| Daniel M Durrell | |
| Elizabeth Durrell | |
| Lucy Ann Averill | Temple |
| Naomi S. Durrell | Solon |
| Rachel M. Durrell | " |
| Mary S. Durrell | " |
| Daniel M. Durrell Jr. | " |
| Abby G Russell | " |
| Leonard M Russell | " |
| R. B. Russell | " |
| Jas Russell [2?] | " |
| Cordelia Russell | " |
| Bodwill Ranlett | " |
| Sumner W Rice | " |
| John Ranlett | " |
| Joseph T. Stevens | " |
| James P. Baker | " |
| Philip M Moody | Bingham |
| George [Wober?] | " |
| James Mitchell | " |
| Nathan Averill | Temple |
| Susannah F Jewett | Solon |
| Levi G Richardson | " |
| Maria Leighton | " |
| Lucy Richardson | " |
| Rhoda Richardson | " |
| Polly Richardson | " |
| Rufus Jewett | " |
| Sarah Jewett | " |
| Albert Williams | " |
| Abby E Williams | " |
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| Louisa A Williams | " |
| Anna Williams | " |
| William [Tibbetts?] | |
| Charles Cummings | " |
| David White | " |
| Silas Tibbetts | " |
| W. M. E. Brown | " |
| Oren Currier | " |
| Josiah French | " |
| David Whipple | " |
| James Jackman | " |
| Timothy Smith | " |
| James M Hutchinson | " |
| Peter McNally | " |
| Elvira R Whipple | " |
| Betsey F Jackman | " |
| Martha H Jackman. | " |
| Martha Randlet | " |
| Martha J Jackman | " |
| John Kennedy | " |
| Betsey Jackman | " |
| Moses French | " |
| Mary French | " |
| Sarah F French | " |
| David R French | " |
| Sarah French | " |
| John C. Bemis | " |
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February 13, 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,