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January 22, 1829 in Phenix Gazette

Domestic News January 22, 1829

Phenix Gazette

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Senate Proceedings, Sabbath Mail, Post Roads Committee, Congress Report

Alexandria, Virginia

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In the US Senate on Monday, Mr. Johnson of Kentucky reported unfavorably from the Committee of Post Offices and Post Roads on memorials requesting discontinuation of Sabbath mail transport. The committee was discharged, and 3,000 copies of the report were ordered printed.

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We accidentally omitted to mention in our last summary of the proceedings of Congress, that on Monday, in the Senate, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee of Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred a number of memorials, praying that the practice of transporting the mails on the Sabbath may be discontinued, made a report unfavorable to the wishes of the memorialists. The Committee was discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Three thousand copies of the Report of the Committee were ordered to be printed.

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Politics

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Senate Proceedings Sabbath Mail Post Roads Committee Congress Report

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Mr. Johnson, Of Kentucky

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On Monday

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Mr. Johnson, Of Kentucky

Outcome

the committee was discharged from the further consideration of the subject. three thousand copies of the report of the committee were ordered to be printed.

Event Details

Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, from the Committee of Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred a number of memorials praying that the practice of transporting the mails on the Sabbath may be discontinued, made a report unfavorable to the wishes of the memorialists.