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good woikrnen, and in whaif
citirnacion are they held ?
i s. Arc there fulftcicnt ma
• nuiaTurcrs ofleathcr, ladcllers,
.harueft makers and the like, in
any, or all of the towns ; and
rvhat is the j rice of a plain har
neft fora pair of horfcs.
19. If nor, what encourage
ment is there for manufacturers ,
and ‘workrnen of thcfe kinds ?
cio. As far as you can form
an eftimate, what are the feel
ing. and difpofitions of the peo
ple refpedmg mail coachecs;
Would they be countenanced cr
not ?
21. In your opinion couM a
coach, palling every fecond day
each way, calculate on three
paftengers each trips if not,
how many ?
By attending to there queries
sou may promote the public
intereft, as well as confer r. ra-
Vor cn
Your friend,
G. GRANGER.
E.
3 I R,
I can fay nothing as to
the road between Fayetteville,
in North-Carolina, Columbia,
in South-Carolina, and between
Columbia, and Augufta, in
Georgia; having never travel
led between any of thofe places;
my information is altogether
confined from Augufta to Louif
ville. It cannot be luppofcd
that, in every cafe, the anfwers
to the; great variety of things
prefented in your queries can
be perfe&ly correbl, but I be -
lieve the moft material parts
are fo.
Anfwers to the Queries.
i ft. Horfcs fiich as you de
le ribe, can be purchafcd.
2d. the price from 150 to
2co dollars.
3d. Corn 50 to 75 cents per
bufhel—foddei from 75 cents
to 1 dollar per hundred, in
times of fcarcity 1 dollar and
25 cents.
4th. Horfcs fouth of Mary
land are to be preferred.
sth. Twenty-five miles fan
cy ; the road good ; no water
CmbarrafTments ; bridges over
all the principal water-courfes.
6. Convenient houfes of pub
lic entertainment, the fartheft
apart does not exceed ten miles,
and feveral within five miles.
yth. Anfvvercd.
Bth. The ioad is much tra
velled, and the country rapidly
luacafing in population and im
provement.
9th. Several good carriage
builders and wheel-wrights in
Augufta, two in LouilViile, and
v. 'seel-wnghts living on or near
the road.
10th. Anfwered.
1 ah. Plentyofexcellentrim
-4XI, iUC*. as you nave deicribed,
except win te wood, no fuch
wood in Georgia, without it be
Vv.at is called white oak, or
v hire poplar; price from 10
to 15 dollars per fhoufand feet.
1 21 h. A tolerable good bull 1-
mg for 200 dollars per year ;
fuel from 2 to 3 dollars a cord
in Augufta and Lcuilvillc; beef
6 cents per lb. ; mutton 121-2
cents; bread ebrn 7 1-2 cents
aouve the average price cflii
1 dian corn > wheat 4 dollars cwt.
13th. Mechanics are elteciu
cd and chenfhed.
14th. Bar-iron can be fur
nifned at 150 dollars per ton,
at Augufta and Louifville, and
o J
on the road it is plenty.
15th. Plenty of blackfill irks
on tnc road ; fhoein.e; the horf;
round t dollar.
16th. Anfwered.
17th. Manufacturers of lea
ther, fiddlers, 'earn eft-makers
and the like, in Augufta, and
makers of fume, and menders
of all, in Louifvilk*. Price of
plain llout harneft, for a pair
of horfcs, from 30 to 40 dol
lars.
18th. Anfwered.
19th. Would be countenanc
ed,
j 40th. A coach, at firfl can
| not calculate on three paftengers
every fecond day, but I think 1
may venture to fay that, m a
fhort time, it would be fun-
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plied with paftengers at each
. trip; the mtercourle is-daily
1 increasing between Augufta, a
|! conliderable commercial place,
i and the feat of government,
Louifville; independent of that
confideration, Louifville is fuu
ated in the centre of a rich and
thick fettled country. If my
anfwers to your inquiries will in
the Jeaft promote the general
> i O
| intereft, I am happy that you
have afforded me the opportu
nity of doing fo.
With regard, yours,
JOHN MILLEDGE.
E.
March 23k, 1802.
SIR,
I received your favor
under date of 22d inftant. I
am unable to give any correct
information of the road, &c.
from Fayetteville in North Ca
rolina, to Columbia in Souch-
Carolina. # I therefore beg leave
to refer you to general bumpter
and Mr. Hucrer, for information
O J
of that part of the road, and
will confine my information
from Columbia to Augufta. It
cannot be cxptdled that in every
article my anfwers, to the Great
» • # * vZS
variety of fubjc&s prefented in
your queries, will be perfectly
correct: however I believe the
moft material parts will be found
tolerably correFc.
Anfwers to your Queries.
1 ft. Horfcs, fuch as you de
scribe, can be purchafcd in
South-Carolina.
2d. The price about 150
dollars.
3d. Corn at 50 cents per
bufhel; fodder at 1 dollar per
hundred weight.
4th. I lories fouth of the Fo
tomak are to be preferred.
sth. ihe road good, Tandy
and level; no water cmbarralT
ments but what are provided
with good boats or bridges.
6th. Convenient houfes of
entertainment arc to be found
on the road, at 10 or 13 miles
diftant from each other.
7th. Anfwered.
oth. The road is much tra-
I died, and the Country rapidly
uicrcaftng in population and im
provements.
9th. I here are carriage- buil
ders and wheci-wright refidino
- and Augufta,
icdi Anfwercc*. (
nth. Plenty of gootUimbcr, !
fuch as you have defer!bed, ex- j
ccpt white wood : I do not
, know it by that name; it it is
the white poplar, it is plenty:
1 cannot fay at what price thofe
timbers can be had ; but I be
lieve at very moderate prices.
iA tolerable good houfe
in Columbia, c r Augufta, for I
t5O or -2 00 dollars par year; j
■ fuel from 2 to 3 dollars per
cord ; beef and pork from 5 to
6 cents per pound , Hour 6 dol
j lars per barrel!; Indian corn 50 j
I cents per bulhel.
i
13th. Mechanics arc cherrfh
cd and efceemed.
14th. Ear iron can be fur
mfhed at Columbia and Aueufta
O
at 1 ro dollars per ton.
15th. Plenty of blackfmiths
on the road; for fhoeing a
horfc round 1 dollar.
i6tn. Anfwered,
17th. There are manufachir- j
ers of leather,faddiefs, and har
neis- makers, in Columbia and
Augufta; but cannot fay whit
i are the price of harnefs.
1 Sen. Anhvercd.
19th. I believe they would
be countenanced.
. 20th. A coach cannot calcu
! late on three paflengers, for the
firtl year, every kcond day,
but 1 think loon after it would
he luppiied with paflrngers.
'ine intcrcourfe between Co- 1
iumbia and Aiigufta is incrcaf
in«*. If mv aniwers will confer
a favor or promote the
public intereft, I am happy that
you have afforded me an op
portunity to fhew my wilhng
nefs to contribute to cither.
Accept the afiurances of my
higii efteem.
And believe, Sir,
Your inoft obedient fervant,
THOMAS MOORE.
G. Grange*, Efq.
E.
WASHINGTON, Monday
morning , March 22, 1802.
si R,
W ITH pleafurc and rea
dinefs 1 comply with your re
queft, in offering you fuch in
formation as in my power, in
reply to your queries of yefter
day, which are herein tranferib
cd and anfwered, in the order
you have ftated them.
1 ft and ad query. Can firm,
able horles be had in North-
Carolin’a, fit ler mail carriages
and near the main pofl read,
and at w hat average price ?
Strong;, able horles are to be
procured at a fhort notice, in
any of the towns along the
poll road, in North-Carolina,
viz. Wancnton, Louhburg,
Raleigh, and Fayetteville, at
about 100 or no dollars. In
the fpring and fall, large mim
j bers of horfes are brought into
j the lower parts of North-Caio
lina, from Ten:.; {Tee and Ken
! tucky, and generally fell at that
price.
3d query. Can feed for horf
fes be provided in time of peace,
at what price, and with what
diftance of transportation.
Corn and oats is to be had in
abundance, on and near the
road, and generally fodderorhay.
1 Provender abounds niofl on the
livers, where the lands are gen*
era'ly rr,nre fcnt’e, vie. Tcosn,
oak, wht re corn commonly (Lb,
from i i-2 to 2 i-2 dollars per
barrel, fodder and hay general,
ly 75 cents per cwt. oats 2s. yS t
price cf corn: Tarßiver,Nuce*
Crabtree, and Cape Fare river,
afford grain at nearly the fame
prices, generally : at the inter
mediate places of Warren ton,
Lciidburg, Raleigh, Fayette-;
ville, ami on the road between
thefe towns, I prefume grain
could be had for the fame price.
From Fayetteville font award,
ijas men in price latterly,
owing to the general culture cf
cotton i though on the road
-rora b aycttcvihc to Columbia,
in South-Carolina, there are
feveral rivers and water courfes
on which pro vender can be pro
cured,viz. Eaft, Swamp,Drown
ing Creel:, Little Peede, Great
I’tede, where every ncceflary
abounds. Lynches Creek, Con
gerce, at Camden, &c. about
die lame prices would procure
any quantity of provender, at
any point on this rout, from
Roaneck to Columbia > in my
opinion; and lam perfectly*
acquainted with the road and
die whole country contiguous to
ir - V
4th query. Will horfesfiom
New-England bare your climate
and feed , and remain ferv - re
able ; or does the change injure
them ?
We have not had many in*
fiances cf horfes from New-
England, in my part of the
country, but fome have be ei>
brought to Fayetteville, and
they have done very well.
sth query. What is the make
of the ground, the nature of the
foil, the (late of the road# the
degree of fettlcment, and the
water embarraffments to travel
ling between Pctcrfburg and
Fayetteville ?
The country from Feterfbmg,
for the firft 15 miles, is rather
flat and Tandy f oil at top, clay
below 3 inches; fine road in
dry weather. The country then
riles into a higher and mere
rcliing appearance ; fome times
clay hills and ftones, .but gen
•rally an excellent hard Jand, or
gravel read to Raleigh, North-
Carolina. A great part of this
diflancc is well fettled * heufes,
plantations, £cc. to be feen from
Ito 4 miles; fome very decent
houfes cf entertainment, and (
many new buildings, &c. flrong
ly indicating that the country is
tall improvinz* The water em-
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barraffments are, f.rft, from
Peterfburg, rhe river Notaway#.
over which is a good bridge,
about 150 feet wide; fome
creeks with bridges generally;
the river Mehenin, a bridge S o
feet; Roanoak, 300 yards wide,
ferry in a impaffible,
only in remarkable high freflics,
and very high wind: it does
not occur, 1 am told, more
than once or twice a year, that
perfons are detained by either,
i do not recoiled any water cf
difficulty from Koancak to 1 ai
river, at Loin (burp : here there
is a good bridge, 120 feet or
mere; Luce river bridge, 1 5°
feet wide; Crabtree Creel:
bridge, 100 feet, 3 miles p
Raleigh: from PvrJeigh to Fay
(See fage.J
