Opening of Road from Nescopeck Creek to the Lehigh
Item
Type
Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
Title
Opening of Road from Nescopeck Creek to the Lehigh
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.
short description
1787040515000
year created
1787
month created
04
day created
05
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Volume 11, page 133
notable person/group
General Muhlenberg
Timothy Pickering
Jacob Weiss
Evan Owen
Assembly
commissioners
chain carriers
markers
Council
notable location
Philadelphia
Luzerne County
Nescopeck Creek
Lehigh
Middletown
Harrisburg
Susquehanna River
Wyoming, Pennsylvania
mountain
Great Swamp
notable item/thing
road
subscription
plan of procedure
application
explore, survey, & mark: best route
wagons
provisions
paying the hands
survey
notable phrase
persons deeply interested in having the shortest and best road cut, would be the fittest to be employed to execute the work
document number
1787040515000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Pennsylvania Archives vol.11 | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | General Muhlenberg | [unknown] | [n/a] |