The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon — John Shaqi
The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes ThereonSearight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
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The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon
Searight, Thomas B. (Thomas Brownfield)
Cumberland Road; Pennsylvania -- Biography
The Act of Congress Authorizing the Laying Out and Making
of the Road 25-27
CHAPTER IV.
Special Message of President Jefferson--Communicating to
Congress the First Report of the Commissioners--Uniontown
left out, etc. 28-35
CHAPTER V.
Pennsylvania grants Permission to make the Road through
her Territory--Uniontown Restored, Gist left Out, and
Washington, Pennsylvania, made a Point--Heights of
Mountains and Hills--On to Brownsville and Wheeling,
etc., etc. 36-40
CHAPTER VI.
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, called upon
for Information Respecting the Fund Applicable to the
Roads mentioned in the Ohio Admission Act--His
Responses 41-43
CHAPTER VII.
The Life of the Road Threatened by the Spectre of a
Constitutional Cavil--President Monroe Vetoes a Bill
for its Preservation and Repair--General Jackson has
Misgivings--Hon. Andrew Stewart Comes to the Rescue 44-51
CHAPTER VIII.
State Authority Prevails--The Road Surrendered by
Congress--The Erection of Toll Gates Authorized--
Commissioners Appointed by the States to Receive the
Road, etc., etc. 52-56
CHAPTER IX.
Plan of Repairs--The Macadam System Adopted--Mr. Stockton
offers his services--Captain Delafield made
Superintendent, etc., etc. 57-63
CHAPTER X.
Lieut. Mansfield superseded by Capt. Delafield--The
Turning of Wills Mountain, etc., etc. 64-76
CHAPTER XI.
On with the Work--Wooden Bridges Proposed for the New
Location up Wills Creek and Braddock's Run--The War
Department holds that Wooden Superstructures would be
a Substantial Compliance with the Maryland
Law--Cumberland to Frostburg, etc. 77-86
CHAPTER XII.
Gen. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Transmits a
Report--More about the Wooden Bridges for the New
Location near Cumberland, etc. 87-94
CHAPTER XIII.
The Iron Bridge over Dunlap's Creek at Brownsville 95-99
CHAPTER XIV.
Appropriations by Congress at Various Times for Making,
Repairing, and Continuing the Road 100-106
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