We the undersigned petitioners respectfully ask for the establishment of a Mail route
from Southport, Racine co. Wis., to Antioch, Ill, via Pleasant Prairie, and we would
state that we respectively reside within four miles of the proposed route.
Nov. 20. 1847| C Latham Sholes. | W. S. Strong |
| R. C. Otis | |
| D. W. Holbrook | John Locke |
| O. J. [Hend?]. | O S McKinney |
| Edward. H. Rudd. | |
| Francis. Metcalf | Jno Mansfield |
| A. J. Cowles | David Walker Jnr |
| Thos Wright | A. R. Ticknen |
| C. M. Willard | Royal R Tomlee |
| N Hawly | J. P. Glover |
| Lathrop Bullen | R P Bartlett |
| Charles [Clement?] | R. B. Winsor |
| M. Frank | Samuel G. [Brande?] |
| Simeon King | John Wieder |
| James Scott | E Cook |
| Hiram Holbrook | D. C. Goodwin |
| H. B. Hinsdale | |
| O. F. Dana | J. H. Hackley |
| Cyrus B Sims | A B Miller |
| A J. Dana | J B. Gillson |
| [?] C Bunnell | |
| [Wm?] Harkin | |
| T. G. Prendergast | |
| H. M. Hugunin | |
| Leonard Lee. | |
| Geo D Dana |
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Petition of ^citizens of Wisconsin^
C. Latham Sholes & 42 others asking for the establishment of a mail route from Southport Wisconsin to Antioch
Illinois via Pleasant Prairie
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February 8. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), Box 106g, RG 233: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Territorial Papers Collection, 1810-1872, NAB ,