To the Honorable, the House of Representatives in Congress:
The undersigned, residents of the County of Onondaga, in the State of New York, respectfully
represent: That the Act of Congress, passed at its last session, imposing postage
upon newspapers within thirty miles of Publication, tends in their judgment greatly
to prevent the general diffusion of intelligence, and its repeal would greatly promote
the public interest. They, therefore, respectfully ask for its repeal.
Dated, Syracuse, February, 1848.| A. Dickson | W. C. Hopkins |
| Harry Gridley | S. F. Smith |
| Dudley P. Phelps | Tartuless Ackles |
| G. W. Smith | |
| W. W. Newman | Nehemiah P. Stanton Jnr |
| James L. Smith | |
| Ch. B. Sedgwick | L. W. Hall |
| Lewis Cornell | L. K. Hall |
| J. Chace Jun. | |
| Samuel M. Tracy | Edward Cooper |
| Allen Munroe | Chester Moses |
| Allen [Batters?] | Jas F Sabine |
| W. S. Turney | E. W. Curtis |
| Ira Watson | C H Stoughton |
| Alvaro Gay | John Caton |
| Horace Jones | I. Ralph Strong |
| Egbert C Strong | Samuel L. Hopkins |
| Samuel Denio. | A. H. Sanger |
| Charles Earll | Nathan Grimes |
| John Smith Jun | J. Moses. Strong |
| John Ferry Jun | T. William Fields |
| W. Robert Strong | Thos H. Castleman |
| Charles. R. Smith | Peter Buell |
| George Barnes | Chas R West |
| Porter Linden | Warren Brigham |
| Samuel Messer | Valentine Myers |
| John D Hogeboom | Sacket Merrick |
| A. L. Griswold, | Barney Averill |
| Robt Gere | E. B. Watson |
| W H Kelsey | |
| Hunter Rosworth | Justus S Cross |
| V. R. Strong | [Wm?] T Frink |
| Aaron R Clarke | W. Waldo Hanchett |
| W. Cooley Hopkins | |
| Isaac Y Sackett | |
| James R Stranger | Abraham Dickinson |
| Henry Van Vleecke | Tom Earll |
| Levi W [Kalb?] | Mike Lynch |
| Aug S. Smith | R W. Brown |
| Benj O Isaacs. | James H. Dobson |
| Wm A. Lansing | S. A. Wadsworth |
| Saml Mulholand. | Charles Smyth |
| Timothy H Brown | John R. Johnson |
| Q. Mills Jr | H E Wright |
| D K [Beaufurie?] | Pascal T Andrews |
| Z O. Rennaud | Lucas A. [Qubles?] |
| Seth Severance | Christopher Burdict |
| Jonathan Mosher | C [Uzinbutz?] |
| Alfred Wilkinson | M. N. Bennett |
| Walter C. Hopkins | |
| Danl Caten | James. D. Strong |
| J. W. Miller | |
| H. A. Hathaway | Isaac A Isaacs |
| H. L. Wells. | R. S. Warton |
| Andrew Judson | Story Horner |
| H. W. Levi. | Barnabus Jones |
| Green C. Barnard | George Dickson |
| Jacob Austin | Charles Cornwell |
| H H Hurlbut | C H. Goodenough |
| E. D. Jenckins | Saml Hudson |
| T. Chas Sutton | |
| W. Hopkins Cooley | F. A. Marsh. |
| Strong R James | Martin Still |
| Archibald Morton | W Irving Warren |
| Sidney E Peck | E. P. V. Smith |
| Hiram Bedell | Danl Farchild |
| Alson Woodruff | James Goodwin |
| Orrin Fully | Chauncey S. Porter |
| L. F. Andrews | R H Nicholas |
| Samuel Pope. | |
| George E. Hendrick | A Woodward |
| Eleazar T Roberts | Isaac Morton |
| Hiram Q Stringham | S. E. Dickson |
| John H. Nolton | Samuel Emery |
| O. [S.?] Betts | J C Houghton |
| George Bentley. | D D Westfall |
| Jared Crane | J. Kalb. DeWolfe |
| Andrew C. Ferry. | V. G. Richards |
| Wm Porter | David Stryker |
| Edwin Emery | Thos Havens |
| Horace Stevens | Elihu Adams |
| Charles. T. Hinsdale | P. R Starin |
| Zeb. H Crawford | Charles. Legg |
| Michael Lawton | H. Jamieson |
| C. C. Brockett | Steward. C. Porter |
| J. G. English | J S. Granger |
| Jacob S Pendleton | Samuel W Hawley |
| Joel Maynard | [Seymour?] M Willis |
| Calvin. Y. Hotchkiss | George Brown |
| J. T. McMullen | Robt A Van Horn |
| John H. [McConor?] | Thos Martin |
| Barnard Slocum | Horatio Clapp |
| H Sheldon | R. S. Tuttle |
| G. R. Hazzard | L. L. Vandenberg |
| Wm Cummings | Jas M. Avery |
| H H. Pickett | Georges T. Lawrence |
| James Shaw | Hosea. J. Fields |
| W. Hopkinson | Richard MacKnight |
| Jude Gage | W. H. Forbes |
| John D [Runcy?] | Jacob. Foster |
| John. Hall | |
| M H Hovey | George Houghton |
| C. Edmund Strong | P. L. McCarthy |
| Hiram Shirley | L. D. Fowler |
| Asa [Wyllys?] | James W. Slocum |
| Stephen Hanson | M. P. Ainslie |
| H. G. Matteson | Abijah P. Patterson |
| J W. Barker | Wm Williams |
| Dorastus Fenn | P. M. Barker |
| Joseph Irwin | J H Mathews |
| Alfred Hicks | G H Bennett |
| Alfred A Mix | W R Benham |
| S R Mathews | Matthew J. Holland |
| E S Williams | W. J. Foster |
| R. F. [Kinne?] | Olmstead Way |
| John M. Strong | |
| W. A. Grover | John F. Wyman |
| John. B. [Edmonton?] | |
| James Huntington | H. S. Smith |
| Chas C. Buell | |
| L. C. Pease | John Keen |
| Samuel B Leonard | R. J. Remington |
| H H Carter | |
| Wm A. Sumner | Geo E Bently |
| James Colman | Wm. E. Burtch |
| Timothy Kennedy | Malachi Cox |
| Steven T Kassan | P. C. Samson Jr |
| L. Hopkins | Zebulon Weaver |
| Archd C. Powell | Alvin Welles |
| Henry Chapin | E. F. Wallace |
| Augustus Merriam | C L Hickox |
| Otis [Walrod?] Junr | Jared Dodge |
| S. S. Shumway | Henry Hungerford |
| Jacob Van Schaack | M. M. Harvey |
| John A Corey | S. B. Woolworth Jr |
| Wm A. Steinburgh | John C Foster |
| George W Hay | |
| Elias Gebhard | Thomas S. Mott |
| Jasper June | David C Van Ingen |
| Andw G. Wagle | J. P. Miller |
| Ansel St John Robie | John. C. Cummings |
| George T. Reed. | |
| William M. Reynolds | W. E. Abbott. |
| Sam. Amidore | |
| Elijah Dundee Jr | S. H Slosson |
| Linus W Pettitt | Henry Stevens |
| Stephen C Denio | De Roy Luther |
| Richard Hamilton P M. | Robert H Kinney Jr |
| Alonzo. I. Potter | Wm Y. Hamilton |
| Charles McLean | |
| John. J. Stevens Jr | B M Hopkins |
| Elijah C Fitch | Jas McIntosh |
| G. C. Hallworth | D Pratt |
| Peter Macknight | J. V. H. Clark |
| A. I. Mills. | Geo: Dulany. |
| L. A. Velton | Wm L. Palmer |
| H. L. Irish. | D McDougall |
| Horner Soule | Phillip Stoughton |
| B. Frankn Smith | Morris O’Kane |
| Lucius C Willey | |
| Otis A Sexton | Reuben Chapman |
| Joseph M. Keble | Noah [Dawson?] |
| Robert Guy Adams. | C. C. Booth |
| Minot G. Sherman | Joseph A Dow |
| Rufus Q. Ehle | Wyllys Winthrop |
| Jacob Oothout | Henry Kingsbu^ry^ |
| Norton C Hendrick | George Kellogg |
| Charles [?] | R M Gardner |
| Henry Semore | V. L. Waggoner |
| James Hitckcocke | Geo. D. Shirley |
| Orin Welch | Thomas Muroin |
| C K Flowers | Samuel. J. Ingham. |
| H. H. Barnard | |
| Jerry B. Olmstead | T B Bronson |
| Charles. C. Blanchard | Jacob Avery Jr |
| James. H Lee | Thomas. H. MacBride |
| John Smith | J. Y. Livingston |
| [Willem?] Watson | Horace. N. Wilson |
| Richard Davis | Patrick Flaherty |
| Samuel Haskins | Jas M Cowper |
| Harvey Howard | V. G. [Wynkorp?] |
| J. M. [Carnan?] | Francis ABennett |
| J G Elamwood | Smith. A Gebhard |
| E. D Johnson | John J. Lamprere |
| Smith P Brockway | L L Stanford |
| H. H Lyman | Timothy Brown 2nd |
| Patri Singlewood | M. E. Lynch |
| E G Crouse | Julius T Smith |
| T. R Allen | U G Wilcox |
| Carley J Woodruff | Abm Pruyn |
| O F Howland | P. H. [Agar?] |
| Wm R. Elder | Thomas R Haywood |
| Franklin Wright | [Jonah?] Crawford |
| Charles H Williamson | O B Hayden |
| Adna Bates | D. G. H. Quackenboss |
| Timothy Brown | Ichabod L Clapp |
| James Rhoades | Barton F. Ellwood |
| Horace Wenman | P. C. [Oathouten?] |
| Otis S. Spencer | |
| William C. Goodrich | Thomas B. Heerman |
| Andrew Van Antwerp | O. Vandenburgh |
| T. B. [?] |
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A Memorial of Citisens of Onondaga Co N.Y. praying for a repeal of the act imposing
postage on newspapers &c
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Refd to Come on Post Office & Post roads.
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Mr Gott
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,