To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
We the undersigned, inhabitants of the State of Wisconsin Respectfully petition your Honourable Body’s, to pass an Act establishing a Route for a weekly mail from Geneva at the east end of Geneva Lake in the County of Walworth, to Beloit in the County of Rock, by way of Benedicts in the town of Linn south side of Geneva Lake; Douglass’ Corners in the town of Walworth; South Grove in the town of Sharon; Agry’s in the County of Rock, thence to Beloit. The Road from Geneva to Beloit by way of the point named being nearly a strait line as the accompanying draft will show.
And for which your petitioners will ever pray
D. C. Porter William. M. Clark
Wm. P. Porter Andrew Gilbert
Alfred Maxson P S. Cooper
Nathan Porter Paschal P Stiles
David Coon Jr P. C Gilbert
John Baker.
Samuel S Stiles
N. L. Bassett
John R Maxson
Peleg C Burdick Jr
Alfred Maxson Jr
Beardsley Lake
Arad H Jones
Harlow M Coon
Daniel C Burdick
William D Burdick
George. Burdick
Henry McPherson
William McPherson
William S Clark
Chas H. Gilbert
Sarah A Gilbert1 Elisa H Day petitions for a man2
1Written horizontally in the right margin
2Written horizontally in the right margin

Handwritten Document Signed, 1 page(s), Box 232, RG 233: Library of Congress Collection: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 30th Congress, 1847-1849, Library of Congress Collection