PETITION TO CONGRESS FOR CHEAP POSTAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled:The undersigned, Citizens of Massachusetts, respectfully petition Congress to pass
a Law to establish A UNIFORM RATE OF Postage, not to exceed ONE CENT ON Newspapers, and TWO CENTS on each PRE-PAID Letter of half an ounce, for ALL DISTANCES.
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
| NAMES. | RESIDENCE. | NAMES. | RESIDENCE. |
| Henry French | North Bridgewater | Chas L. Hauthaway | N Bridg[water?] |
| Wm Faxan | " | John B. Emms | Do |
| Wm T Foster | " | Edwin Searles | Do |
| Josiah S Luther | " | Philander Holmes | " |
| Wm S Hawkes | " | Franklin Flint | " |
| Henry. V. French | " | L R Battles | " |
| Jacob W. Crosby | " | William French | & do " |
| Hugh Fitzpatrick | " | Weston Winch | Do |
| Ed[ward?] C French | " | Frederick Howard | " |
| Chas T. Packard. | " | Francis M French | " |
| Caleb Packard | Do. | Edmund R Wade | " |
| J. S. Eastman | Do | Edward. B. Packard | " |
| Peter F Hollywood | Do | Horatio R Packard | " |
| Christopher Dyer 3d | Do | S S Brett | " |
| H. W. Robinson | Do | Henry Emerson | " |
| Gorham B. Howard | Do | P. W. P. Howard. | " |
| Ambrose Hayward | Do | Isaac A. Dunham | " |
| Oran Bartlett | Do | John Packard | " |
| Henry Mulliken | Do | Howard Keith | " |
| Cephus W. Drake | Do | B F Dunham | " |
| Robert Smith | " | Wm French Jr | " |
| James Holbrook | " | Albert D. Hunt | " |
| O B Havey | " | Samuel McLauthlon | " |
| L. D. Havey | " | M A Coolidge | " |
| E B Bumpers | " | Dan Packard | " |
| E J Morton | " | Allen Leach | " |
| Austin B French | " | Henry Snell | " |
| T. S. Michell | " | Alonzo Seavey | " |
| Isaiah S. Morey | " | John Otis Battles | " |
| B. R. Clapp | " | Wm Mackey | " |
| John L. Hollis | " | Lucius A. Keith | " |
| Nathl. B. Harlow. | " | Cephas Wadsworth | " |
| Chas T Woodward | " | William W. Allen | " |
| [Benjn P. ?]Lucas | " | Charles Spear | " |
| Jacob C Churchill | " | Allen Crocker | " |
| Eben G Rhoades | " | Linus Gurney | " |
| Robert Barstow | " | J H Thayer | " |
| Thomas H Wood | " | T. B. Gould | " |
| John. B. Bates | " | John W Crosby | " |
| S. H. [Sayest?] | Lewis Fisher Jr | Do | |
| A. W. Kingman. | |||
| Charles S Johnson | " | William Perry | |
| Geo. B. Tolman | " | Sidney [Perkins?] | |
| Benj[?] F Kingman | " | Alpheus Holmes | |
| George E Bryant Esq. | " | ||
| John Wales Jr | " | Samuel P Gardner | |
| C. C. Field | " | Wm H. H. Hebard | |
| E. G. Cobb | " | Edward G Bennett | |
| Bradford Stetson | " | David P Ames | |
| Frederic [Perkins?] | |||
| Charles Howard | " | ||
| D H Andrews | " | Sumner A. Hayward | |
| Abner W. Hayden | Francis Fitzpatrick | " | |
| Lewis Fellows | S. S. Dunn | ||
| Asa F Crosby | T. T. Ames | ||
| Luther Studley | M W Hancock | ||
| Ephm Howard | |||
| Eustace Field | |||
| Robert Holbrook | |||
| Eliab Whitman | |||
| Geo H Cushman | |||
| Benjn G Allen | |||
| John Battles | |||
| Cyrus Packard | |||
| John Freeman Beal | |||
| L F C Loomis. | |||
| Saml Howard | |||
| G W Bryant | |||
| Charles Packard | |||
| Abner P Emerson | |||
| Charles A Emerson | |||
| Thaddeus. E. Gifford. | |||
| Nathan Packard | |||
| Thaddeus. Gifford | |||
| John Smith |
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IfIf you Lower the Postage on Letters of Affection it will increase their Circulation in Every Direction And thousands of matches, By this means will be made which, had it not been for this system would Long be Delayed
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Petition of Henry French & 126 others, in behalf of Cheap Postage,
Horace Mann,
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Committee on Post offices & Post Roads.
Horace Mann,
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Committee on Post offices & Post Roads.
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,