To the Honourable the Senate and House of Reprasentatives of the United States in
Congress assembled
The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Washington Co. Pennsylvania respectfully
showeth That a post route has been established from Herriottsville Allegheny County
Pa. to Dunningsville Washington Co. Pa. on which the Mail is carried weekly—Therefore
we Your petitioners respectfully pray your honourable bodies to extend a post route from Dunningsville (as above) on ^the^ Washington and Williamsport turnpike by way of Vanceville to Hillsborough on the
National Turnpike with the Calculation of having a post office at Vanceville located
on the State road form Washington to Mount pleasant in Westmoreland County in the
same state & in the midst of a densely situated population and a reading Community
and we will ever pray &c
| Demas M. Letherman | Wm H Drury |
| Hirm Huffman | |
| Robert W Morrow | William Thompson |
| Milton Morrow | John D McShain |
| John Greenlee | John Henry |
| Samuel Hill | Wm. Ames |
| Robert Henry | Isaac MCullough |
| William Tipton | Joseph Morrow |
| Andrew McShain | David McDonough |
| Isaac. N. Riddle. | John Burgan |
| David [?] Scott | |
| George McIlvain | William Y Graham |
| John W Hill | Mathias L Burgan |
| James Vance | Joseph. R. Burgan |
| John T Scott | James Hall |
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| John Huffman | |
| David Leyde | |
| Thomas R Reed | |
| Isaac Leonard | |
| David Hart |
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Petition of D M. Leatherman & 32 other citizens of Washington County Pa praying for the establishment of a post route from Dunningsville to Hillsborough
& the establishment of a Post office at vanceville in said county
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March 14, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office & Post Roads.
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Post office & P. Roads
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Dickey
Handwritten Document Signed, 4 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