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.

"Remarks."--p. 17-19.Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Has Seymour B. Durst's bookplate.Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.Last page blank.Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription."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.Letter from the Engineer Department, p. 5, signed: Alex. Macomb, maj. gen. chief eng.Letter from the War Department, p. 3, signed: James Barbour.At head of title: 20th Congress, 1st session. [Doc. no. 125.] Ho. of Reps. War Dept.Rink, E. Technical Americana,ShoemakerMode of access: Internet