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Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on a Proposed Albemarle County Road, [ca. 8 April 1817]
Notes on a Proposed Albemarle County Road
[ca. 8 Apr. 1817]
| Present roads | Proposed roads | |||||||||
| from the Mainstreet of Charlottesville | ||||||||||
| Miles | po | miles | ||||||||
| to | Moore’s creek | 0.98 | to | Secretary’s ford | 614. = | 1.92. | by Smith | |||
| the | Thoro’fare | 1.25 | Mouth of Meadow br. | 532 = | 1.66 | by protraction | ||||
| Colle fork | 1.32 | Milton 8403. feet | = | 1.59 | by the level | |||||
| Milton ford | 2.94 | 5.17 | ||||||||
| 6.49 | ||||||||||
| from the Mainstreet of Charlottesville | ||||||||||
| to the Colle fork | 3.55 | to | mouth of Meadow br. | 3.58 | ||||||
| mouth of Indian br. | .37 | |||||||||
| Colle fork | ||||||||||
| from the Courthouse | |||||||||
| by Moore’s ford | poles | miles | po | ||||||
| to Shadwell branch | 1133 = | 3.54 | by Smith | to Clermont fork | 154. |  |
by Smith | ||
| mouth of Chapel br. | 349 = | 1.09 | by Th: J. R | Sec’s ford | 460 | ||||
| 4.63 | 614 | miles | |||||||
| 4.52 | mill dam | 462 | = | 1.44 | |||||
| .11 | = | 192½ yds | Mill | 244 | = | .76 | |||
| Chapel br. | 129 | = | .40 | ||||||
| 4.52 | |||||||||
MS (ViU: TJP-ER); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated; with Dft of Albemarle County Court Order Concerning a Proposed Road, 8 Apr. 1817, on verso.
Index Entries
- Albemarle County, Va.; roads in search
- Albemarle County Court, Va. search
- Charlottesville, Va.; roads in search
- Colle (Albemarle Co. estate); and proposed Albemarle Co. road search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on a Proposed Albemarle County Road search
- Milton, Va.; road at search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); and proposed Albemarle Co. road search
- Rivanna River; and Albemarle Co. roads search
- roads; in Albemarle Co. search
- Secretary’s Ford (Albemarle Co.); road at search
- Smith, Mr. (of Albemarle Co.); and proposed Albemarle Co. road search
- Virginia; roads in search