To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in
Congress assembled
We the undersigned citizens of the County of McHenry in the State of Illinois and the County of Walworth in the Territory of Wisconsin
believing that we would be benefited by the establishment of a mail route from Woodstock
in the County of McHenry aforesaid ^by the way of Donnellys tavern and Highland Prairie^ to the Township of Geneva in the county of Walworth aforesaid respectfu^l^ly request your honorable body to establish such a mail route from the terminii before
proposed
Woodstock April 4 1848
| Amos Cogswell | Alex S Lansing Co Recorder | |||
| B. R. Begun. | E Estabrook | |||
| Enos W Smith Co. Clerk | L B [Wakeham?] | |||
| George Woodell | N. H. Foster | |||
| B. B. Brown | William A Boardman of Lake Co, Ill | |||
| V. R Begun | Henry Smith | |||
| J Taylor | R. C. Erskin | |||
| Abial Walker | Lewis Lovland | |||
| W. A. McConnel | } | |||
| Carlisle Hastings | Co. Comrs Ct. at Special Term, April 4, 1848 | |||
| Dexter. Barrows | ||||
| Andrew Fitch | Russel Begun | |||
| H. M. Wait | Ira Turner | |||
| G W David | Henry Stowall | |||
| Martin Thrall. P. M. Dorr | ||||
| Josiah Forman | ||||
| Rufus Austin | ||||
| Humphrey Miles | ||||
| Henry H Miles | ||||
| Thos Witt. | ||||
| Alfred S Jones | ||||
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Citizens of McHenry Ill
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[Meredith?] presented the petition of citizens of McHenry Co Ills for a mail route from Dorr
^Woodstock^, via [Erie?] & Highland to Geneva, Wisconsin
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[Mazon?] Also from G Morris C. H. to Mazon.
J [Meredith?]
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April 27. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads
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Com. of P O & P R
Handwritten Document Signed, 2 page(s), Box 106g, RG 233: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Territorial Papers Collection, 1810-1872, NAB ,