On the Road to Wyoming Pennsylvania
Document 1787Pickering has consulted with Colonel Denison on the subject of road to Wyoming. Discusses use of gaps: Water Gap of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre. Mentions Great Swamp
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Pickering has consulted with Colonel Denison on the subject of road to Wyoming. Discusses use of gaps: Water Gap of Lehigh and Wilkesbarre. Mentions Great Swamp
Date
04/07/1787
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1787040715100
Note
Volume 11, page 135-136.
Notable persons
Muhlenberg
Timothy Pickering
Mr. Balliot
Colonel Denison
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Nescopeck
Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Water Gap of Lehigh
Wilkesbarre
mountain
Great Swamp
Notable items
road
gaps
length of the road
farther explored
route
detours
zigzag directions
tolderable wagon road
expense
great rain
labor
horses and cattle
swamp or morass
miry parts
causeway
best route
premanent improvement