Granby Jan. 8th 1849To the Honorable the Postmaster General,
The undersigned inhabitants of the town of Granby, in the County of Hampshire and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having learned that a petition has been forwarded to
your Honor recommending William Belcher Esq for Postmaster in this place, and not
having had the opportunity of signing said petition, we do hereby heartily approve
of the recommendation, he being a man well qualified for the Office, and whose location
is better calculated to accommodate the inhabitants of this town than any other person,
and do earnestly pray that he may be appointed Postmaster in this place.
| Lewis Sampson | |
| Anson Brown | Preston F Wight |
| Frederick Taylor | Frederick Wm [Pifford?] |
| Henry. E Bolton | Charles Danson |
| Joseph Home | Clark Sampson |
| [Luis?] Taylor | Avery Newell |
| Medad Ferry | Augustus Clark |
| Geo. W. Bolton | Phinehas Smith |
| Luther K Leonard | Saml Ayres |
| Charles Austin | Cephas Smith |
| Joseph W Dunn | Percy Cook |
| Rufus D Leonard | Benjamin Tufts |
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| David Kellogg | |
| Simeon C Stebbins | |
| Francis S Stebbins | |
| Chester Ferry | |
| William W. Ferry | |
| Geo. W. Taylor | |
| David Church | |
| David Church Jur | |
| Phinehas D Barton | |
| James H Barton | |
| Elisha Smith | |
| Elijah C Ferry | |
| Experience Smith | |
| Zeri A Preston | |
| Walter B Kellogg | |
| Philo Smith | |
| William Richards | |
| Joel Smith | |
| Jerul Preston | |
| Joel L. Preston | |
| John H Preston | |
| Nathan Smith |
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The petition of Aaron Brown & others citizens of Granby, mass, asking for cheap postage.
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March 3, 1849 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads
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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,