Notes on Travel Distances Between Monticello and Washington, 2 October 1808
Sep. 28—Oct. 2. 1808.
Monticello | ||||
Mill | 2.62 | |||
* | Beck’s fork | 2.18 | ||
Gordon’s | 14.43 | |||
* | Montpelier road | 4.99 | ||
Montpelier | 3.78 | 28. | ||
public road | 2.11 | |||
Orange C.H. | 1.97 | |||
Stevensbg | 21.40 | |||
Strode’s | 5.25 | |||
Herring’s | .24 | |||
Norman’s ford | 4.26 | † | ||
Elk run church | 9.99 | |||
Slate run church | 14.49 | |||
Brown’s | 4.56 | |||
Songster’s road | 2.65 | |||
Bull run | 4.39 | |||
Centerville | 3.09 | |||
Fairfax C.H. | 8.40 | ‡ | ||
Thomas’s x roads | 9.42 | |||
George town ferry | 5.56 |
* these correct former errors
† this included from Herring’s house to his shed x2
‡ this included a thousand meanders round the mudholes
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.