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. |
| Horace G. Tucker | Boston | ||
| J. Avery Richards. | " | ||
| E Aug Childe | " | ||
| Wm H. Pierce | " | ||
| E Weld | " | ||
| L. K. Bears | " | ||
| D. F. Rowland | " | ||
| Josiah Waterman | |||
| Geo F. Norton. | " | ||
| Robert Pearce | " | ||
| James H Waterman | " | ||
| John G. Tirrell | " | ||
| Francis H. Rowland | " | ||
| E. W. Roseland | " | ||
| George Lord | " | ||
| John L. Millar | " | ||
| D. B. [Wradifield?] | " | ||
| Peter Droll | " | ||
| F. W. Roberts | " | ||
| Daniel Davis | " | ||
| Lewis. L. Mitchell | " | ||
| George W Palmer | " | ||
| Thomas Hall Jr. | " | ||
| J. W. Wilcox | " | ||
| Phineas A. Stone | " |
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Petition of Horace G. Tucker, & 24 others, citizens of Massachusetts, praying for
a reduction & uniform rate of postage
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Jan. 20th Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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[Mr.?] Palfrey
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,