The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon

CHAPTER XLVII.

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Visit of John Quincy Adams to Uniontown in 1837--Received by Dr. Hugh Campbell--The National Road a Monument of the Past--A Comparison with the Appian Way 353-356

APPENDIX.

Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania Relating to the Cumberland Road--Unexpended Balances in Indiana--Accounts of Two Old Commissioners--Rates of Toll--Letters of Albert Gallatin, Ebenezer Finley and Thomas A. Wiley--Curiosities of the Old Postal Service 357-384

ILLUSTRATIONS.

T. B. Searight Frontispiece Old Mile Post 5 Stage House and Stables at Mt. Washington 13 Gen. Henry W. Beeson 15 Hon. Daniel Sturgeon 16 Hon. Andrew Stewart 47 Old Toll House 53 Iron Bridge over Dunlap's Creek 95 Hon. T. M. T. McKennan 107 Road Wagon 109 John Thompson 111 Daniel Barcus 112 Henry Clay Rush 114 Harrison Wiggins 116 John Marker 118 Ellis B. Woodward 119 John Deets 121 John Snider 122 William Hall 124 John Wallace 126 Alfred Bailes 129 German D. Hair 130 Ashael Willison 135 Jacob Newcomer 137 John Ferren 138 Morris Mauler 140 James Smith, of Henry 144 Stage Coach 146 William Whaley 151 Redding Bunting 152 John Bunting 156 Samuel Luman 158 Joseph Whisson 162 Maj. William A. Donaldson 165 William G. Beck 168 Henry Farwell 171 The Narrows 176 Hanson Willison 178 Matt. Davis 180 John McIlree 182 L. W. Stockton 185 James Reeside 186 William H. Stelle 189 John Kelso 204 David Mahaney 210 John Risler 215 The Temple of Juno 217 The Endsley House 218 The Big Crossings 220 Daniel Collier 222 Sebastian Rush 225 Ruins of John Rush House 226 Hon. Samuel Shipley 229 Stone House, Darlington's 230 James Snyder 232 Gen. Ephraim Douglass 235 Aaron Wyatt 239 The Brownfield House 240 Col. Samuel Elder 242 The Searight House 245 Joseph Gray 247 William Shaw 248 Abel Colley 250 Hon. William Hatfield 252 The Johnson-Hatfield House 254 The Workman House 256 Bridge over the Monongahela 259 Old Tavern at Malden 261 William Greenfield 263 Charles Guttery 265 Billy Robinson 267 Daniel Ward 268 John W. McDowell 270 S. B. Hayes 279 George T. Hammond 281 The Rankin House 283 The Miller House 284 The "S" Bridge 286 David Bell 288 Joseph F. Mayes 291 Mrs. Sarah Beck 292 Col. Moses Shepherd 294 Mrs. Lydia Shepherd 295 John McCortney 296 Bridge over Whitewater River 308 Gen. George W. Cass 311 William Searight 313 William Hopkins 315 Daniel Steenrod 320 W. M. F. Magraw 327 "Crazy Billy" 333 German D. Hair House 353 Dr. Hugh Campbell 354 The Big Water-Trough on Laurel Hill 356

THE OLD PIKE.