To the Hon. Senate & House of Representatives of the United States
We the undersighned Supervisors of the County of Walworth W.T. Assembled in special session at Elkhorn
in said County. Respectfully represent that there is great need of a mail rout from
Darien, through Weed’s Corners (the old site of the Fairfield P. O.) Richmond, Utters
Corners, to Whitewater. And they would farther represent that there is at present
a semi weekly mail from Geneva via Elkhorn, Sugar Creek, Hart Prairie to Whitewater.
And that it would be for the interest of all concerned if the said mail should be
carried once a week upon the present rout & once a week via East Delavan, Delavan,
Weed’s Corners, Richmond & Utters Corners, to Whitewater, & they would reccommend that And petition your Hon. Bodies to Establish & Alter Said Routs as above
Dated at Elkhorn Jan 6th 1848| Names | Supervisor from | Towns |
| [?] John Teetshorn | "" | Richmond |
| F C. Patterson | "" | Whitewater |
| Chas H Sturtevant | "" | Delavan |
| C Wiswell | Lafayett | |
| Adam E Ray | Troy | |
| B Perry. G. Harrington | Sugar Creek | |
| Newton McGraw | Darien | |
| Pliny Allen | "" | Sharon " |
| A L Merrick | Spring Prairie | |
| Beardsley Lak | Walworth | |
| James Lauderdale | La Grange | |
| John A Farnum | Geneva | |
| Thos W. Hill | Hudson | |
| O. Cowdrey, Gaylord Graves | East Troy | |
| George H Young | Elkhorn | |
| Israel Williams | Linn | |
| Cyrus Rugg | Bloomfield |
We cordially concur in the above
| LeGrand Rockwell | clerk of the Dist. ct. Wal co. Wis |
| O. Cowdrey, | Atty. & c. Law, Elk Horn, |
| N Bell | Sheriff of Walworth Co |
| Wymon Spooner, | Judge of Probate Wal Co |
| William Phoenix | P. M. at Delavan Wal Co. W T |
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Petition of the supervisors of walworth Co. wisconsin, for mail route from Darien through Reeds corners Richmond,
and Utters corners to white-water.
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March 4, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Routes
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referred to Comtee on P. O. & P roads.
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Mr 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