Excerpt from Reports of Moncure Robinson, Esq. And Col. Stephen H. Long: Engineers Appointed by the Canal Commissioners for Examining the Different Routes for Crossing the Allegheny Mountain Sir - Having, in the absence of my colleages, received the re ngineers, Messrs. Robinson and Long, relative to a por'tage' road over the Allegheny mountain, whio they, in con 'unction With major-wilson, were appointed to survey during the 'ast summer, I herewith transmit the same to you in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th January last. 3 Very respe'ctfully, Your obedient servant. 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.