Wetzel County Petition, Turnpike Road, 1847 January 14

Place of Publication: Wetzel County
Index Card Notes: To the Virginia Legislature. The undersigned petitioners, citizens of Whetzel County, Pray that your honorable body will appropriate a sum of money, sufficient to make a good clay turnpike, from the North-Western Road, by the way of Fairmont, to New Martinsville, in Wetzel County. A road made of this route, will pass through 3 counties, the while length will be 70 miles; and, your petitioners are advised that $400 per mile would make it a good road...etc...it would be a feeder to the North-Western Road.
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[1847 Jany 14-Wetzel County]
Purchase. Va. State Library
10/29/74

Subject(s): Road.