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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 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.
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.
William. E. Cox 217 Monroe St
Wilson Derby 128 Nassau St.
[?] [?]
Henry A. Buckingham 91 Warren Street
Joseph Hough 220 Broad Way
Stephn Hills Jr 129 Water Street.
Lambert Wyckoff Williamsburgh L.I.
Aaron Leson 115 Leroy St
A. J. Townsend 74 Sixth street
A. C. Derby 105. Fulton & 56 Avn Sts
G H [Beach?] Norwich Conn
James F. Hough 220 Broad Way.
George P [Stickmo?] 21. 9 avenue
Stephen S. Pell 108. 17 St
Robert [Grout?] Goshic Hall Broad Way
Chester Lamb 6 Rose st
John Fitzsimons 58 Vesy st
O. O. Wickham 116 Nassau St
T. Hutchinson Jr. 40 Courtland st
M. S. Gardner. Corner of Pe^a^rl & Fulton
D. Nichols 157 B. Way
Stringer & Townzend 222 Broadway
Leroy W Fairchild 154 Mott St
J. Hawkins 73 Cortland St
Edwd Sanders 111 Nassau St
Jno Kerr & Co 53 Leonard St.
E. F. Garren Ganter’s Hotel
Danl E Delavan 489 Broadway
Talbot Walts. 102 Nassau St
Saml E Tompkins 107 Brooklyn
[A?]. Miles Brooklyn
[F B?] Quick 80. Leonard St
Jas W. Morgan 47 Barclay St
W. G. Murray 81 Madison St
John D Hoffman 183 Franklin St.
C H Murray 146 Fulton St
H. Margraf 142 Ann St.
F. C. Thompson 37 Ludlow. St
F. Hitchcock 218 Broadway
John Greenwood. Jr. 218 Broadway.
John Glendining Natl Hotel
Peter S. Wyckoff 403 Fourth St
Wm B Davidson 218 Broadway
Henry A Scovell 69 Varick St
Thomas John Oldfield 121 Walker St
James Knight 6 Ann Street
John F Henicke 5 Sulivan St
Ralph Pomeroy 102 Na[?]
J. S Houghton. 32 East Broadway
C. Villiers. 35. Chambers St.
Jno [Ebbets?]. 512 Broadway.
John D Gibson 9 Fulton
[?][Berry?] Brooklyn
Gen F. A. Parrot 241 Broadway
R. A. Bouton 109 Nassau
William Bellamy 94 Brodway
Jno Jones 54 Ludlow st
James Lacy 30 Centre St.
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Alexander Stugman. 30 Ann. St
William Gily 91 Tellery street Brooklyn
James Linen 24 White St
Augustus W Knapp 114 Orchard st
John Locke 47 Ann St
Edward Keouny 42 Pearl St
Jas: M. McIntosh New York.
[?] [Hustrom?] New York
W R Gerry 451 Washington St
J [?] Mull 10 Thompson St
J H Dayton 34th Street 7th [Avenue?]
S. Parshull Palmyra N.Y.
James F. Otis 151 New York [city?]
John Brown 23 Greenwich Avenue
Nicholas S. Cort 107 Bowery
H. B. Jones 14 [ann?] st.
Jos S. York. 74. Broadway.
R [?] Mather 89 4th avenue
A [Henry?] Acks St Brooklyn
M. D. French 69. Nassau St
S K Campbell 30 King st
W. J. Hanington 364 Broadway.
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E Reynolds 177 Walton
J. W. Rumsey 27 Cedar St
J F Fecks 99 West 16th
G B Crane Clinton Hotel
E S Pratt 183 William St
Mose [Dolbeen?] 83 Orchard
L. S. Williams 194 Pearl St
John Finegan cor of 7th st & avenue B.
William H Donaldson con [?]ngton
William Morgan [?]
Henry Lefman 232 Washington Str
Thomas L. Conroy 545 Broome St
Thos Prandy 257 Front St
Wm J Pooley 36 Columbia St
James L Dayton. 310 Bowery.
Saml N. [Palmerly?] 107 Fulton
Henry S Wyckoff Brooklyn
Wm F Godfrey 29 Downing st
James Benson 24 Mott
B G St John 114 Fulton
John M Burley 109 W Broadway
[L?] B. Shepard 61 Wall St.
James Hart 44 M. Laine
Jacob Russell 7 Murry. st.
S. [Sancay?]. 8. Wall St.
Henry O Hart Warren Hall
Orrin Frink 44 Dey st
J. S. Carpentier 136 Nassau St.
A. H. Gale 52 Farmer St
C C Waller 194 1st Av.
John Anderson 83 Bowery
J & P Coffin 89 Fulton St
D Marley 37 Ann St
Wm B. Knowery N.Y. City
Patrick M. Fagan
Sant. S. Johnson 34 Delancy St
Henry Moore Jr 329 Broome St.
P. T. Barnum American Museum
J F Kendall 235 Twelfth St
A. M. Lyon. Bloomingdale
[T A Phillips?]. 105 Greene St
[?] [?]
Wm M Eddy 95 Troy St
S. H. Harrington 26 Dey St
Ralph Kurt 71 Courtlandt St.
John Doggett Jr 64 Liberty St
J. F. [Weggan?] N.Y. City
G A Kimbal NY City
V R Delnoce 8 Lafayette Place
Richd A. Locke Staten Island.
James Langley. 88 Warren St.
Geo. W. Gray 257. 12th St.
John S Ayers 22 John St
James Gray 174 Frankln
Alfred Wright 113 Nassau St
Jn Bolting 232 Washington St
D. Knoman Irving House
Erasmus B. Derby 56 Ann St
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Memorial of William E Cox and several hundred citizens of New-York for a Reduction of Postage and Abolition of the Franking Privilege.
By Mr Greeley

Partially Printed Document Signed, 3 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