National road--Washington to New Orleans. : Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the chief engineer, accompanied by a report upon the reconnoissance of a route, across the Cumberland Mountain, of the national road contemplated from Washington to New Orleans, and a map of the country between those two cities. : January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table. February 7, 1828. Referred to the committee of the whole House to which is committed the bill (no. 44) to regulate the laying out and making a national road from the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, to New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana 10420479 DIM002364 nationalroadwash00unit durst Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection United States. Board of Internal Improvement Barbour, James, 1775-1842 Macomb, Alexander, 1782-1841 Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839 Poussin, Guillaume Tell, 1794-1876 United States. War Department United States. Army., Corps of Engineers United States. Congress, House. 1827-1828) Gales & Seaton http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio11258544 Roads--United States--Design and construction. Government (National) At head of title: 20th Congress, 1st session. [Doc. no. 125.] Ho. of Reps. War Dept Letter from the War Department, p. 3, signed: James Barbour Letter from the Engineer Department, p. 5, signed: Alex. Macomb, maj. gen. chief eng "Report upon the reconnoissance of a route across the Cumberland Mountains, of the national road contemplated from Washington City to New Orleans."--p. 5-16, signed: Bernard, brig. gen. member of the board of internal improvement. William Tell Poussin, capt. top. eng. assistant to the board Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription Last page blank Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Has Seymour B. Durst's bookplate "Remarks."--p. 17-19 House document (United States. Congress. House) text Printed by Gales & Seaton 1828 1828 Washington [D.C.] books 19, [1] p., [10] folded leaves ; 24 cm. NNC eng 2021-04-09T21:21:33Z 2021-04-10T09:34:18Z 10.7916/d8-gxsv-yk16