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Maine
From Bucksport village, in Hancock county, via Duck Cove settlement passing the dwellings of Samuel Harriman and Joab Harriman and thence through the Long Pond settlement and Dedham to George’s corners in Penobscott county.
From Augusta via South China, North Palermo, Freedom, Knox, Brooks, Monroe, north part of Frankfort, Carltons corner and Hampden to Bangor.
From Mexico to Byron through Roxbury in Oxford county; ^(^and terminating the route, from from Wilton to Andover, at Weld.^)^
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Pennsylvania
From Greensborough to J. E. Taylor’s store and thence to intersect the old route at Whitely Post Office in Greene county
From Providence Post Office via John Cobbs, Hollistersville, Hamlinton Post office, & Pawpeck, to Tufton
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New York
From Lock Port via Tonewanda Rapids to Clarence
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Maryland
From Ellicotts mills to Rockville Montgomery County via Clarksville & Sandy Spring
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Missouri
From Sand Hill in scotland County to Kenksville in Adams County
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South Carolina from Barnwell Court House to Kings Creek
Indiana
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Ohio.
In line 89 ^8^ after the word via insert “Morrisville.”
In line 90 ^9^ after Dodsonville insert “Princeton”
[J. D. Morris?]
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From Jacksonville in Dark County by Houston’s cross roads & Cranberry prairie to Coldwater or Montezuma in Mercer County
From Chickesaw in Mercer County, to Cranberry prairie in Darke County.
From Hamilton in Butler County, Ohio, by the way of Morning sun in Preble County, to Richmond in Indiana
From Ithica in Darke County to New Castine in the same County.
From Xenia in Greene County by way of Byron to Fairfield in the same County
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Indiana
From Jasper, in Dubois County, to Troy in Perry County.
From Evansville in the State of Indiana Via Albion and Fairfield to Salem in the State of Illinois
From Warsaw in Gallatin County to New Liberty by the way of Glencoe and Poplar Grove in the State of Kentucky
From Ponoma in the state of Ohio to Wayne Denmark up the [Little?] St Joseph, river, to Hamilton in the state of county of Steuben in Indiana to Coldwater Michigan via Biddles Corners in Troy township in DeKalb county
From Brownstown in Jackson county Indiana to David Bowmans in Creek township to Nashville in Brown county
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Michigan
From Pontiac, in Oakland County, via Campbell’s Corners, to Farmers’ Creek, in Lapeer County.
From Brighton, Livingston county, via Hartland and Tyrone to Fentonville in Genessee County.
From Lansing, the Capitol of the State, in Ingham County, to Byron in Shiawapee county.
From Howell, Livingston County, via Iosco and Whiteoak to Ingham, Ingham County.
From Bronson in the county of Branch, ^[...?]^ via Gilead, Michigan to the township of Noble in the same county.
From Ada in the county of Kent via Smyrna and Otis-co to Greenville in the county of Montcalm.
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Florida
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From Milton, Santa Rosa County via Escambia & Nathansville to Sparta Alabama
From Milton, via Alaqua and Ucheeanna to Marrianna Jackson County.
From Alaqua to Geneva, Alabama.
From Marrianna to Ocheesee Calhoun County, to intersect the route from Apalachicola to Chattahooche
From Tallahassee via Ben Haden and Shell Point to Sopchoppy
From Tallahassee via Centreville to Miccosakee
From St Marks via Newport Wacissa, & Marion to Monticello Jefferson County
From Quincy via Rocky Comfort to Reform in Gadsden County
From Quincy to Secludo, Gadsen County.
From Jasper in the County of Hamilton via Blounts ferry and Rawlersons ferry to Centre Village
From Pilatha to Newnansville.
From Alligator to Olastee
From Alligator via Ocean Pond, Barbers, and Brandy Branch to Jacksonville Duval County.
From Columbus Florida to Troupville Georgia
From Newnansville via Waccassa to Cedar Keys in Levy County.
From Newnansville via Madisonborough to Orange Springs
From Micanopy via Fort Clark to Fort Harlee.
From Jacksonville Florida via Haddocks, Kirklands & Nassau C. H to St Marys Georgia
From Nassau C. H. to Fernandina
From Jacksonville, via Mandarin, Black Creek, Picolati, Pilalki, Volusia, Fort Butler, Enterprize and Mellonville to Head waters of St Johns river by water, and from thence by land via Indian river, Palos San Lucia, and Jupiter to Miami Dade County.
From Pensacola by sea via St Andrews & St Joseph to Apalachicola; from Apalachicola by sea via St Marks & Cedar Keys to Tampa; and from Tampa by sea via Sarasota and Charlotte Harbour to Key West, in Steamers.
From Tampa via Manatee to Sarasota
From Tampa via Hitchepucksassa & Fort Gallin to Mellonsville
From Key West by sea via Indian Key, Key Largo, Miami, Jupiter, San Lucie Indian river and Smyrna to St Augustine; from St Augustine to Charleston, S. C. by sea, in Steamboats, in Steamers
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(Illinois)
From Mt. Carmel via Round Prairie Spencer’s Mill & Fairview to Olney.
From Cairo city via Thebes to Cape Girardeau in Missouri.
From Lebanon in St Clair County via Marine Town & Staunton to Carlinville in Macoupin county.
From Waterloo by Red Bud & La Fayettevill to Sparta in Randolph County.
From Shelbyville by Audubon Hillsboro, & Mt. Kingston in Montgomery County, by Staunton, Bunker Hill & Woodburn in Macoupin County to the City of Alton.
From Dresden via Ohio Farm & Lisbon to Newark.
From Dundee via Prospect, O’connell and Jackson Precinct to Marengo.
From Aurora via Royalton & Kaneville to Sycamore.
Amend Line 265 ^16^ ^21^ page 12 ^10^ ^10^ by inserting after “via” the words, Hope & Boone’s Mills, and
Line 259 ^16^ by inserting after “Troy” the word Grove.
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Illinois
Breese
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North Carolina
From Lexington to Ashboro in said state
From Little in Halifax County to Ransoms bridge in Franklin County
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Texas
From D Rusk Cherokee County to [Luckraniga?]
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Arkansas
From Camden to Arkadelphia
From Mount Ida via Dallas to Ultima Thule
From Lost Creek P. O. to Pine Bluffs in Jefferson County, to connect with route from Benton Saline County to Lost Creek
From Louisville, Lafayette Co to Minden, in Claiborne Paris Louisville ^iana^
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A Post route from Arkadelphia to Clingman’s, Arkansas.
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Alabama
From Wilderness Post Office via Carleton’s store to Motts Post Office.
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Alabama
Louisiana
From New River Post Office on the east bank of the Mississippi river to Galveston in said State
From Winsborough in the Parish of Franklin to Monroe in the Parish of Ouachita.
From Natchitoches along the bank of Red river along the bank of Red river ^by land^ to Shreveport
From Natchitoches to Mount Vernon
From Minden via Bellvue to Shreve Port
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[?]From Harrisonburgh through what is called the [Fernebree?] & Riser settlements to Columbia
To Mon
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From Columbia by Thomas Merideth’s, Anderson’s & Perkin’s in Jenkins settlement to Vernon
From Vernon by Indian Village, & Coon’s to Monroe
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From Troy in Pike County Alabama to via Wellborne or Indigo Head to Geneva in said State.
From Benton in ^Lowndes Co.^ Alabama via Joseph Walker’s to Warrenton in Dallas County.
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Iowa
Remonstrance against change of Post route from Burlington to Fairfield
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Mississippi
From Herberts Post Office to Quitman in said State
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Virginia
From Gravel Spring to Woodstock
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amendment to sec. 2d
That service on the above routes shall be contracted for^with the lowest bidder^ at the next general letting, & the same commence as soon thereafter as can consciously be done^any law^ to the contrary notwithstanding^practicable.^
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That the aforsaid routes shall be advertised for contracts, for the service thereon, at the next general letting, and the service^to^ commence as soon thereafter as practicable
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amts to sec 2.
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That the service on the aforesaid routes, shall be contracted for, at the next general letting, and put ^to^ commence, as soon thereafter as practicable
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Sec 3
Be it further enacted, That the P. M. Genl may, if in his opinion required by ^for^ the public’s service, make a suitable allowance as to the Postmaster at Picolata Florida, for services as a distributing agent not to exceed two hundred Dollars per annum.
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Yulee
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Amt. to Post Route bill
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§ 42 And be it further enacted, That the Post Master General be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish post-offices and appoint deputy postmasters at San Diego, Monterey and San Francisco, and such other places on the coast of the Pacific in California, within the territory of the United States, ^and to make such temporary arrangements for the transportation of the mail in said territory^ as the public interest may require; that all letters conveyed to or from any of the above mentioned places on the Pacific from or to any place on the Atlantic coast shall be charged with forty cents postage; that all letters conveyed from one to any other of the said places on the Pacific shall pay twelve and a half cents postage; and the Post Master General is further authorized to apply any moneys received on account of postages aforesaid to the payments to be made on the contract for the transportation of the mails in the Pacific Ocean. And the Post Master General is further authorized to employ not exceeding two agents in making arrangements for the establishment of post offices & for the transmission, receipt and conveyance of letters in Oregon & California at an annual compensation not exceeding that of the principal clerks in the Post office Department.
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9		 Sec. 13. And be it further enacted That the ^a^ sum
of^not exceeding^ ten thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, to
be expended under the direction of the President of the
United States, in payment for the services and expenses of
such persons as have been engaged by the provisional
government of Oregon, in conveying communications to
and from the United States, and the purchase of presents
for such of the Indian tribes as the peace and quietude
of the country requires.
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62		 fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended by the governor
to defray the contingent expenses of the territory, inclu-
ding the salary of a clerk of the executive department;
and there shall also be appropriated, annually, a sufficient
sum, to be expended by the secretary of the territory, and
upon an estimate to be made by the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, to defray the expenses of
the legislative assembly, the printing of the laws, and other
incidental expenses; and the governor and secretary of
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13		 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembledThat the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he
is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of three thousand one hundred and seventy-five
dollars and eleven cents to Thomas Rhodes, in full satis
faction for the expenses incurred by him in opening and
constructing a road from Mobile, in Alabama, to Pasca-
goula bay, for the transportation of the mail in the year
eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, in pursuance of any
implied authority and contract from the Post-master Gen-
eral.
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Rep 1 sep 2
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Pearce rejected
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Sec. 7. &c
and be it further enacted that the Postmaster General pay to John T. Sullivan out of the unexpended money appropriated by the act of the 29th August 1842 entitled “an act to provide for the publication of the Laws and Regulations of the Post office Department” fourteen hundred sixty seven dollars seventy five cents for folding cutting stitching and quarter binding with muslin backs seventeen thousand five hundred copies of the “Laws and instructions to Postmasters”, also for storage on the same for three years and for printing envelops and covering 15300 copies of the same.
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assembled, That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department credit the account of John Lorimer
Graham, late postmaster in the city of New York, with a
sum equal to the debit, for his disbursements from the post
office fund, in leasing ground and buildings, and fitting the
same for the principal branch post office in that city, under
the direction of Charles A. Wickliffe, late Postmaster
General.
Sec. 2. ^9^ And be it further enacted, That the Post-
master General pay to the said John Lorimer Graham,
with interest from the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred
and forty-five, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and
four dollars and thirty-one cents; the said Graham having
overpaid that amount at said date.
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Pearce
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amendts to Post off ^route^ Bill
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Reported amends [agreed?] a
1“16” changed to “36”
2“3” changed to “4”

Handwritten Document, 35 page(s), Tray 30A-C1, RG 46, Entry 428: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House and Considered in the Senate, 1847-1849, NAB