To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled:
The undersigned, citizens of the county of Guernsey, and State of Ohio, respectfully
ask your honorable body to re-enact so much of the Post Office law of 1845 as allows
of the free transmission of newspapers by mail for the distance of thirty miles from
the place where they are printed.
December 18481
.| M Leach | |
| Thomas Hyde | E Dennyson |
| John Kemmett | |
| Alexander Eagleson | Nobert Dunning |
| George Swick | |
| Samuel Hart | Nathan Hutchinson |
| Saml Brown | Edward [Milun?] |
| [?] | G. Lofland |
| Elias Walraven | |
| Jno [Ceavn?] | |
| Stephen [Hertheso?] | |
| Benjn Jackson | Benjamin [?] |
| David C. Eakin | Peter Smith |
| James Cunningham | |
| Stuart Megill | Thomas Sepage |
| Andrew Cunningham | Ges B. Carlile |
| Elijah Thompson | Le D. Karns |
| Thomas J [?] | |
| John M Davis | |
| George McLane | |
| Solomon Sutton | Stephen Jackson |
| John Hannum | J D. Salmon |
| Jno Fox | Joshua Davis |
| James A Duff | |
| William Gibson | W W Spears |
| D Martus | John Batz |
| Wm Carlile | Joseph Larrick |
| L. M. Larchet | James McDonald |
| Robt [McCalt?] | |
| Charles Scott | |
| Daniel Nealley | Edward Marland |
| Irenaeus Bay | |
| Samuel J Day | James McMichael |
| John Wharton |
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Petition of Thomas Hyde & 52 others, Citizens of Gurnsey County Ohio, praying Congress
to re-enact so much of the Post office law of 1845 as allows of the free transmission
of News papers by mail for the distance of 30 miles from the place where they are
printed
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N. Evans
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,