Historic Highways of America


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Historic Highways of America, Vol. 4


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Excerpt from Historic Highways of America, Vol. 4: Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers The building of Braddock's Road in 1755 across the Alleghenies was the first signifi cant token in the West of the British grit which finally overcame. Few roads ever cost so much, ever amounted to so little at first, and then finally played so important a part in the development of any continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Historic Highways of America -


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"Historic Highways of America - Volume IV" from Archer Butler Hulbert. Historical geographer, writer, and professor of American history (1873-1933).







Historic Highways of America - Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers - the Original Classic Edition


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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Historic Highways of America (Vol. 4) - Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Archer Butler Hulbert, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Historic Highways of America (Vol. 4) - Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Historic Highways of America (Vol. 4) - Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers: Look inside the book: "Whereas, We have given Orders to our said Govrs to provide carefully a sufficient Quantity of fresh victuals for ye use of our Troops at their arrival, & yt they should also furnish all our officers who may have occasion to go from Place to Place, with all necessaries for travelling by Land, Pg 40 in case there are no means of going by Sea; & likewise, to observe and obey all such orders as shall be given by You or Persons appointed by you from time to time for quartering Troops, impressing Carriages, & providing all necessaries for such Forces as shall arrive or be raised in America, and yt the sd several Services shall be performed at the charge of ye respective Governments, wherein the same shall happen. ..."Should the Ohio expedition continue any considerable time, and Pepperell's and Shirley's regiments be found sufficient to undertake in the mean while the reduction of Niagara, his Royal Highness would have you consider whether you could go there in person, leaving the command of the troops on the Ohio to some officer on whom you might depend, unless you shall think it better for the service to send to those troops some person whom you had designed to command on the Ohio; but this is a nice affair, and claims your particular attention.




Historic Highways of America


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Reproduction of the original: Historic Highways of America by Archer Butler Hulbert







Historic Highways of America ..


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This multi-volume series offers a detailed examination of the history and development of America's historic highways. From the National Road to the Oregon Trail, the books offer a fascinating glimpse into the growth of the country and the role that roads played in shaping society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.