{"product_id":"1828-national-road-washington-to-new-orleans-descriptions-of-routes","title":"1828 National Road - Washington to New Orleans, Descriptions of Routes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbour, James; MaComb, Alex; et al. \u003cstrong\u003eNational 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, with a Map of the Country between those two Cities. \u003c\/strong\u003eWashington: Printed by Gales \u0026amp; Seaton, 1828. First Edition. [11909]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemoved, newly stab-sewn, 8 3\/4 x 5 1\/2 inches, 19 pages of text plus 10 folding charts. Two of the charts have old stains. \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe map in the title is not present; it was issued separately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Good. Pamphlet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 125, House of Representatives.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA detailed account of several possible routes for a national road connecting Washington with New Orleans. The folding charts are descriptions of terrain from point to point; their are four possibilities described, those of an Eastern Route, a Middle Route, a Western Route through East Tennessee and a Western Route through West Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe information given includes 1. The successive stations travelled each day; 2. The general course of the section of road travelled each day; 3. The geological formation; 4. The face of the country; 5. The nature of the soil; 6. The kind of the natural products; 7. The nature of the growth of timber; 8. The water courses crossed by the road; 9. The length of bridges they will require; 10. The length of causeways across the valley, and those across swamps and low grounds; 11. The graduation of the roads travelled; 12. The designation of the States and Counties crossed by the road travelled by the Board; 13. The white, colored, and whole population of each county; 14. The successive distances from one station to another, and that from Washington City to each station.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43642243579970,"sku":"ABE11909","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC06431.jpg?v=1776183184","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1828-national-road-washington-to-new-orleans-descriptions-of-routes","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}