Berlin Marquette Co. Wis
To The Hon. The Post Master Genl of The United States
The undersigned residents of Northern Wisconsin would respectfully represent that
by the present arrangement for carrying the mails in this part of the Territory our
mail matter meets with great delays before arriving at its destination. We would therefore
respectfully petition that a Post route may be established (and put into immediate
opperation) running from Watertown Jefferson County by Waupun, Ceresco, Berlin, to
Plover Portage and the mail be transported each way as often as once in each week
| N. H. Strong | Luther Coe |
| Joseph Thomas | H. L. Conan |
| Oscar Washburn | T. Noyes |
| Elias Thomas | Oscar Wilson |
| S. Conklin | H. G. Martin |
| J C Seeley | C. J. Marsh |
| Joel Day | J. S. Marsh |
| Lucius [J?] Chappel | G. H. [Rense?] |
| Joel Jinkens | John B Starr |
| Charles R. Angle | S. D. Marson |
| Samuel S. Angle | Clark Landers |
| Asa [Briner?] | Henry [Blanco?] |
| Amasa May | Moses S. T. Peter |
| Leonard Shepardson | Benjamin Tusten |
| O H Capron | Wm Stevens |
| James G Tusten | Thomas Stevens |
| Ira Harran | Wm Stevens, Jr |
| Bj Crampton | J. Winchel |
| J. Johnson | A. G. Troxel |
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Citizens of Jefferson, Wis
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Petition of N. H Strong & 37 others for P. R from Watertown via Waupun Ceresco Berlin
to Plover Portage & service as often as once a week.
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April 25, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
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30th-80
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Tweedy
Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), Box 106g, RG 233: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Territorial Papers Collection, 1810-1872, NAB ,