Internal improvement : [regarding damages to the Gauley Bridge and Kanawha Turnpike].

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	James River Corporation (Va.)
Imprint:	[Richmond, Virginia?] : [publisher not identified], [1834]
Description:	1 online resource (5 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Doc. ; no. 42 House document (Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates) ; 1834, no. 42.
Subject:	James River Corporation (Va.) James River Corporation (Va.) Roads -- Flood damage -- Virginia -- 19th century. Bridges -- Flood damage -- Virginia -- 19th century. Bridges -- Flood damage. Roads -- Flood damage. Midland Trail (W. Va.) Gauley Bridge (W. Va.) Virginia. West Virginia -- Gauley Bridge. West Virginia -- Midland Trail.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13398219

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Other authors / contributors:	Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates.
Notes:	Letter of transmittal is from John Floyd, President of the James River Company, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Dated 3d February, 1834. Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed April 4, 2022).
Summary:	Communications from the James River Company, submitted to the House of Delegates, regarding damages to the Kanawha turnpike, and the need for an additional agent. Includes communication A about the destruction of pier and spans of the Gauley bridge, communication B about the "damage sustained by the bridges on the line of the extension of the Kanawha turnpike ... in consequence of an unexampled rise in the Kanawha river and its tributaries," and communication C about "the misfortune that happened to the Kanawha turnpike road ... occasioned by the large quantity of snow and rain."

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