To the Hon John Wentworth
Whereas a mail rout was Granted at the last session of Congress, from Little Fort
Ill. via Antioch & Solon to Bigfoot, now the intention of the petition was to have
said rout end at Beloit, And we the undersigned petitioners Respectfully ask to have
said rout put in Operation in the following manner viz
From Littlefort Lake Co Ill via Wentworth Angola Antioch, English, Prairie, [Bliven?] Mills, Solon Mills, Richmond, Alden Bigfoot on state line, Burtons Corners on state
line, Wilmot, Manleys Corners, to Beloit on Rock River Rock Rock Co W, Teritory (at the State line) and have some minor routes discontinued that would interfere
with the Operation of the proposed rout, and we would recommend that P J Miller of
Angola be Employed to carry the mail on said rout until the next letting, Leave Littlefort
Wednsday 6 A,M, arrive at Beloit Thursday 6 P,M, Leave Beloit Friday 6 A.M. arrive at Littlefort
6 P.M.
Dated Jan 15th 1848| Little Fort | William Ladd P |
| J, B. Gorton P, M, | |
| Wentworth | A L Kidder P. M |
| Angola | Amaziah Smith P, M, |
| Antioch | Leroy D. Gage P, M, |
| English Prairie | Henry D Huff P, M |
| Solon Mills P, O, | R. R. Crosby. P. M. |
| Bliven Mills P. O. | J, E [Mcune?] P, M, |
| B. C. Adams. P. M. at Richmond. Ill, | |
| Beloit P. O. W. T. | David Noggle P, M, |
| Names | Names |
| Henry. D, Huff | G C Blankinship |
| C. G. Cotting | G. D. Pease |
| James. B, [Carlten?] | Benj, C, Couch |
| Edwin A. Lay | Willet Gray |
| Thos Duncan | George. Purdy |
| E. Wilson | W, [A?], McConnel |
| W. W. Tradewell | John P. Ransom |
| Benj Rail | Tauren Ford |
| Heman Gibbs | William J. Hamilton |
| George Forest | D C. Andrews |
| Edward Bundy | J. B. Wingo |
| T. W. Smith | William Anderson |
| F. Forrest | Wm Watkins |
| Joel Washburne | G Cooley |
| Orrin Hobart | Benj. F. Gibbs |
| Spencer F Hopkins | A, T, Cronkhite, |
| Elbert M Sibley | D P Sampson |
| Thos Buckland | John. [B?]. [Herset?] |
| William. Allen Esqr | Wm Tibbets |
| D A Clary | Norman Blakely |
| Stephen McCulloch | Russel Fuller |
| Osborn Barber | Stephen, Ransome |
| David Iseman | |
| Ephraim Myers | Charles Buckner |
| John A Rotnour | Wm Raymond |
| O A Root | Abiul Fuller, Jr |
| Plummer Couch | John. M, Fellows |
| N W Herrick | John F Nash |
| George W Daniels | Danford L, Cutter |
| Buxten Sutton | Abram Dayton |
| Barnet Burdick | Dan Delaney |
| James Strain | W H Merrick |
| Charles [Utten?] | Thomas [Fenn?] |
| Charles K Gile | R. G. McClellan |
| Eli R Miller | Isaac Kilgore |
| John Hicks | Wm H Purdy |
| Aldredg C Clary | Joseph Stone |
| Wm Tower | John B Douglass |
| Joseph Day | David Barker |
| Asahel Ward | [ |
| Pliny Sayles | E A Toles |
| B. C. Adams. P. M. at Richmond. Ill. | |
| Wm P. Adams | |
| Calvin Chaffee | J Farnam |
| Elias Glass | S. L. Banks |
| David Noggle P. M. Beloit | Richard Gray |
| Henry N Booth | Silas Bullis |
| A. Wadsworth | Lucius Thrusher |
| Robert Cutler | John O Barr |
| John Pessey | John Nance |
| P. P. Chase | Thomas Atkinson |
| Warren Bly | Almeron Graves |
| John Chapall | Nathaniel Ramsey |
| R M Redington | Charles A Newton |
| W C Armstrong | |
| Gilbert Tuttle | Samuel Hackett |
| Lucius Stewart | M. Chamberlin |
| D, S, Chappell | [C?] [?] Sackett |
| P. [Furman?] | John Gennings |
| R, Thomas | Perry Sackit |
| B, Stuart | Chester Cady |
| John Tremble | John Clark |
| Samuel [Moyn?] | Philip Fovel |
| Daniel Clark | Wm Wadsworth |
| Washington Graves | D. Merrill |
| Stephen B Perkins | G [K?] Carr |
| James Wright | Hugh Meek |
| J F Hurdy | M. B. Clark |
| L. Trowbridge | L, S, Purkins |
| Jos Petrie | E S Haight |
| S Wright | Colland Moore |
| Salm Noyes | |
| A. S. [Newton?] | Henry Hill |
| G H Stocking | |
| Johness Gohanhilt | O W Learey |
| Otis Tisdale | [?]t Sanderson |
| James Rochester | Joseph Bamlet |
| Stephen Wright | James Whitehead |
| Lawson Carrier | |
| Hiram [Learned?] | J N Petrie |
| Harvey Slone | Thomas Matthews |
| John E Bullis | Daniel C Witter |
| F B Carrier | James Fuller |
| A. S. Kincaid | W. H. H. Humphrey |
| L. H. Varnel | Ebenezer Colby |
| [Tothem?] T Barrett | |
| John Dundey | James Parker |
| T H Downer | |
| H, H, Brown | Moses Chatman |
| W. L Graham | Wm K Nelson |
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| D. Hear | Orlando Bailey |
| D H Ingalls | H. Middendorff |
| Martin Johnson | Leroy D. Gage M.D |
| Myron Stevens | Ebenezer Ford |
| C. P. Stanford | John, [?], Elliott |
| Arthur Homes | Henry Roberts |
| Patrick Moran | L B Nichols |
| Robert Hawkins | John Moran |
| C. J. Wood | Jas Caynes |
| Thos. Boyle | Patrick Greely |
| Thomas Hunt Jr. | Thos, Hunt |
| Chas. Hamlin | Jeremiah Gage. M. D |
| Hiram Smith | Thomas S La Dow |
| Levi Calkins | Wm A. Story |
| Daniel, Homes, | John Crowley |
| Jno. Moran [East.?] | P, Hudegan |
| S. T. La. Dow | Leonard Webb |
| Robert. K. Colls | Johnathan Jones |
| N, C, Caldwell | Peleg Marsh |
| John Moran | Jas Coyne |
| Patk Boyle | M. Moran |
| E. S, Derby | Seneca. Spire |
| Jefferson Jones | Lorenzo Parker |
| Malachi Jones | Eli Derby |
| Ira Thayer | C, Morehouse |
| Eli Gage | John B Rice |
| H, Willard | |
| Wm. D. Sadler | Rufus Willard |
| David Hall | C, Colegrove |
| S. Calkins | D Calkins |
| T Marsh | |
| David Hughs | [P?], Marsh |
| J, H, [Norton?], | George Bailey |
| David Calkins | Geo Roddak |
| A, Johnson | William. Kines |
| R. R. Crosby P.M. at Solon Mills, Ill. | |
| [Hiram?] Doyle | Samuel Stone |
| Rich’d Wray | |
| Leverett. Steele. | Wm Broadloy |
| T Dutcher | Wm Smith |
| [Chilley?], D, Peebles | Isaac Smith |
| D. C, Andrews | Norman [Poweres?] |
| Hiram Hathaway | M [?] |
| Loyal Wilson | |
| Ebenezer Robbins | F, O Harrow |
| C Buchner | Seymour Cole |
| Dan Delaney | George Barnard |
| Wm P Sayles | |
| Hiram White | Thos Hesselgreaves |
| J Buchner | |
| D. H. [C?]ahoon. | Pliny Sayles |
| S. D. Sayles | |
| T. M. Stevens | Saml Sherman |
| Isaiah Austin | Chancey B[eckwith?] |
| Matthew Carr | Spencer W Jackson |
| Lewis Tyrell | Henry H Steves |
| Stephen Jackson | Richard Vasey |
| Trumbull Granger | William Gardner |
| Burr Beecher | R M Buchner |
| Dwight Slocomb | Nehemiah. H. Austin |
| James. L. Cahoon | Andrew J Granger, |
| Alexr Gardner | Isaac Cod[d?]ing |
| B. F. Slater | F. S. Rice |
| John Robbens | |
| Joseph Carr | [A?] O Edison |
| W F. Harrison | |
| Levi Carkin | J D Searl |
| John. W. White | |
| Daniel. P. Sayles | Asahel Ward |
| Harvey Wilson | Arunah Woodward |
| Edward Overton | Henry Broadley |
| James Thomson | A L Church |
| P W Lake Jr | J. T. Abell |
| James Holden | Simeon [Oem?]oranville |
| M. D. Hoy | F Wedgwood P M |
| Daniel Johnson | Matthew Ryan |
| George W Dana | C Armstrong |
| B Bashford | John S Broughton |
| E, B. Holden | John H Bentley |
| L. P. Bordwell | T B Wakeman |
| Henry McIntyre | William Barnes |
| Henry Shattuck | Henry [Noece?] |
| Chs McIntyre | William D Baldwin |
| Corns McIntyre | Hiram A Sherman |
| Patrick McIntyre | Osmee W Baldwin |
| [Reno?] Disbrow | Abram Shaven |
| Sidney Disbrow | Remos Disbrow |
| Joel Brando | John Scenlin |
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Mr Wentworth presented a petition ^of citizens of Ill.^ for a mail route from Littlefort, via Wentworth, Angola, Antioch, English Prairie,
Bleven’s Mills, Solon, Richmond, Alden, Bigfoot Prairie (Wisconsin) Wilmot (Ills) Burton’s corners (Ill) Wilmot, & Manley’s Prairie to Beloit.
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February 7. 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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30th-86
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Wentworth
Handwritten Document Signed, 3 page(s), Box 106h, RG 233: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Territorial Papers Collection, 1810-1872, NAB