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Postage Reduction
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States,1849
The subscribers residing at Oberlin, Ohio, desire of Congress that the Postage law be speedily so amended that the rate on letters shall not exceed two cents the half ounce for any distance, nor one cent an ounce for printed matter, which, as far as practicable, we would wish to go free.
Ladies’1 names Gentlemens’ names.
Emma Parish Charles. Hill
Melinda Hill J. T. Brown
Sarah Pellet Cornelius Powers
Sarah Parish S. H. Matthews
Anna F Thompson G. H. Conydon
Ada Brown John Thomas
Lusina Strong Edward Green
Jas Whitsell
Sabina M Hopkins Jas Millome
Kate W. Hopkins F Webster ^En^
Juliette Kinney F Boyd
Electa Shupe Eliza Brown
Antoinette S. Edgerton A T Whitsell
Stella L Turner C A Dickerson
Emma Wasley Fred Massaa
Sophia A. Griffing Robt Handson^ER^
Elanorah E. Cross Parker White
Elizabeth Montgomery E L Buckner
Theressa Joness Wm Howard
Eunice W Dyer John Lewis
Elisebath Mongomery G Sampson
S. A. Wright. James Miller
G Brown Phillip Lowrey
Phebe B Hathaway Wm Ceasar
Sarah M Peckham Daniel Webster
Emma L. McKensie Saml Rees
Sally Holley Henry Jamison
Abigail Comstock D D Dogan
Amelia Freeman Wm Magyre
Daniel Buckner
Lucinda Parmelee Wm. Underwood^En^
Antoinette Hull D. B. Tarr
M B Hendson T. J. Stewart
Watson Hill Wm W. Cook
Angelina A Skinner O. D. Botsford
B. B. Hudson Stephen Blanchard Jun.
L O Matthews Telemachus N Scranton
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Committe on Post offices & Post roads
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Mr Giddings
1“Gentleman’s” changed to “Ladies’”

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,