Opening of Road from Nescopeck Creek to the Lehigh
Document 1787Pickering reports that the Assembly has approved funding for the opening of a road from Nescopeck Creek to the Lehigh. Discusses efforts to devise the best route, surveying and contracting, and road to Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Recommends that Owen be appointed a commissioner to survey the best route, noting that Owen is honest and willing to work for very little compensation.
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Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Description
Pickering reports that the Assembly has approved funding for the opening of a road from Nescopeck Creek to the Lehigh. Discusses efforts to devise the best route, surveying and contracting, and road to Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Recommends that Owen be appointed a commissioner to survey the best route, noting that Owen is honest and willing to work for very little compensation.
Date
04/05/1787
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1787040515000
Note
Volume 11, page 133
Notable persons
General Muhlenberg
Timothy Pickering
Jacob Weiss
Evan Owen
Assembly
commissioners
chain carriers
markers
Council
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Luzerne County
Nescopeck Creek
Lehigh
Middletown
Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Wyoming, Pennsylvania
mountain
Great Swamp
Notable items
road
subscription
plan of procedure
application
explore, survey, & mark: best route
wagons
provisions
paying the hands
survey