Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Whereas, the mail route from Dublin to Boxville, in Montgomery county, Georgia, is partly on both sides of the Oconee River, and the Post Offices on said route are at least eighteen miles from many of the citizens,

Be it therefore resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress, be respectfully requested to exert themselves to have the said mail route, so far changed as to run from Boxville, up to Dublin, on the west side of the Oconee River, thence down from Dublin to Boxville, in the East side of the Oconee River.

Read and agreed to, December 6h, 1847.
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.A. F. Owen,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
In Senate, concurred in, December 10th, 1847.
ANDREW J. MILLER,
President of the Senate.Wm. H. Crawford,
Secretary of the Senate.

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12/15/1847

Assented to, 15th December, 1847.
GEO. W. TOWNS, Governor.

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02/10/1848SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE, GEORGIA,
Milledgeville,Feb. 10,1848.
The above is a true and correct copy of the original, filed in this Office.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office.
N. C. Barnett
Secretary of State.
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Miscellaneous Documents
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Mail Route

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Resolutions of the legislature of the State of Georgia relative to a change in the Mail route from Dublin to Boxville

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March 13, 1848
Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.

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Hough

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