PETITION FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To THE Senate AND House OF Representatives OF THE United States, IN Congress ASSEMBLED: The undersigned, citizens of St Lawrence Co State of 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 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. | |
| J. T. Alden | Buck’s Bridge | |
| Alice S. Alden | "" | |
| Arad Hall | "" | |
| Wm H Willcox P. M | "" | |
| Asa Wright | ||
| [?] M Joyce | ||
| W M Wright | ||
| Amenda Wright. | ||
| Rowena Wright | ||
| Wm L Read | ||
| Cynthia R Reaad | ||
| Ruth White | ||
| Edward Lang[?] | [?]t[?] N y | |
| [?]hodet Lang[?] | ||
| Elisabeth M Lockwood | ||
| Alvah Gillett | ||
| E [?] [?]eg[?] | ||
| Mun[?] F[?]man | ||
| H[?]to[?] So[?]y[?]e [?] | ||
| Joanna G Hosford | Madrid | |
| Caroline Wright | Potsdam | N Y |
| Charles. S. Lockwood | ||
| Rufus R Jackson | Morley | " |
| Robert Newby | Lisbon | " |
| Frances Stowell | Morley | |
| Betsey Jackson | " | |
| Phebe Allen | " | |
| Mary Whitney | " | |
| Richard Myers | Lisbon | |
| Mary Jane Myers | " | |
| Rev H H Barnes | Morley | |
| Betsey Barnes | " | |
| Benjamin Webb | " | |
| Jane [?]ne | Lisbon | |
| Robert Qu[?] | ||
| Geo Wright | West Potsdam | |
| Clarissa Wright | Milo | |
| Daniel Sabin | ||
| John Lockwood | ||
| Willard Alden | ||
| Linas Bourman | Bucks Bridge | |
| June Freeman | ||
| Malissa Whitney | ||
| Emily G Buck | ||
| Milo Jones | ||
| George Fenton | ||
| J B Jackson | Morley | |
| Alma J Jackson | ||
| Maria Jones | Buck Bridge | |
| Susa Ho[?] | ||
| M[?] Whitney | ||
| O Whitney | Madrid | |
| W S S[?]o[?] | ||
| Ma[?] [?] | ||
| Clarinda Cummings | Morley | |
| Miriam Mc[?] | Morley | |
| [ |
Morley | |
| [?] H [?] | Morley | |
| C Jones | B B | |
| Luther Whitny | Columbia | |
| Bulah Lockwood | Columbia | |
| James Gibson | Morley | |
| Mess H Fenton | Morley | |
| Laura Byington | Morley | |
| Edward H[?] | Potsdam | |
| James Jo[?]e | Potsdam | |
| Willard Lock[?] | ||
| Lucy A Murphy | ||
| [?] Murphy | [Potsdam?] | |
| Edward H Absom | Duers[?]ville | |
| Andrew E Jackson | ||
| Lucy S Archibald | Maddrid | |
| Lorenzo H Hamblin | Madrid | |
| [?]o[?]n Masby | ||
| Rollin C Dart | ||
| Philen[?] mcEwen | ||
| [?] R Barrett | ||
| A D Sheldon | Madrid | |
| [?] Lockwood | ||
| Asa Fenton | ||
| William Wright | ||
| Edward Lockwood | ||
| Wayne Wright | ||
| Hiram H Hatch | Morley | |
| Amos Whitney | ||
| Hold Hillco[?] | ||
| Allen How | ||
| Henry h Byington | Madrid | N.Y. |
| Susan Byington | do | |
| [?]lm[?] Whitney | B Bridge | |
| Maritta Whitney | ||
| Ann Bowman | ||
| Nelson Hamblin | ||
| Prescott M Willcox | ||
| Cynthia M Whitney | ||
| Esther F Hamblin | ||
| Orris Whitney | ||
| George H Stowell | ||
| Lucius Whiting | ||
| A g Buck | ||
| [?] Etheli[?] Fenton | ||
| William Bice | ||
| Silas Jackson | ||
| Matilda Lawrence | ||
| R Alden | Nicholville | |
| S Alden | " |
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Memorial of J T Alden & 105 other citizens of St Law Co. N Y. for the reduction of the rates of postage & for the abolition of the franking privilege.
Presented by W. Collins
Refd to Com on P Offices & Post Roads.
Memorial of J T Alden & 105 other citizens of St Law Co. N Y. for the reduction of the rates of postage & for the abolition of the franking privilege.
Presented by W. Collins
Refd to Com on P Offices & Post Roads.
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N. Y.
Citizens of St Lawrence County
Citizens of St Lawrence County
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Collins
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