REFERENCES

The following is a list of books and magazine articles relating to the Cumberland / National Road and its later evolutions. Many of the books and articles mentioned are in the Public Domain and can be read or downloaded for free. Your suggestions for additions are welcome.

Last Update: June 4, 2011

  BOOKS & MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

FEDERAL
• Cumberland Road: Commissioner's Report to Pres. Jefferson, December 30, 1806
• Cumberland Road: Commissioner's Report to Pres. Jefferson, January 15, 1808
• Cumberland road east of the Ohio, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals, (1836), Free
• Debate in the Sentate - Feb. 26, 1836: On the Bill Making an Appropriation for the Completion of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
• Niles Weekly Register - Search results for volumes available on Archives.org
• Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 15 - Debate On National Improvement (p. 140), 1818, Free
• Niles' Weekly Register: March to September, 1822 - James Monroe's veto and his views on the preservation of the Cumberland Road.
• Public Documents of the First Fourteen Congresses, 1789-1817: By Adolphus Washington Greely
• Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, On the Subject of Public Roads and Canals, Albert Gallatin, April 1808

GENERAL
• The Art of Roadmaking, Harwood Frost, 1910
• The Cumberland Road - Vol 10, Hulbert, (1904) Free.
• Cumberland Road: Commissioner's Report to Pres. Jefferson, December 30, 1806
• Cumberland Road: Commissioner's Report to Pres. Jefferson, January 15, 1808
• Cumberland road east of the Ohio, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals, (1836), Free
• Early American Inns and Taverns, Elsie Lathrope, 1926, Free
• Guide to the National Road, Raitz & Thompson, (1996) Preview
• Historical Sketch of National Road Building in the United States, Bulletin - United States, Office of Public Roads, Issues 17-28, by Richmond Stone, 1895, Free
• The National Old Trails Road, Macaulay, 1925, Free.
• The National Road, June-Nov., Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 59, 1879, Free
• The Century illustrated monthly magazine, Volume 83- The National Road, Nov. 1911 - April 1912, Free
• The National Road; Most Historic Thoroughfare in the United States..., Bruce, (1916) Free.
• The National Road, Raitz & Thompson, (1966) Preview
• The National Road, A Photographic Journey, Clarence Carvell, (2007), Google Preview
• Niles Weekly Register - Search results for volumes available on Archives.org
• Niles' Weekly Register, Volume 15 - Debate On National Improvement (p. 140), 1818, Free
• The Old Pike : A History of the National Road..., Searight, (1894) Free.
• The Philadelphia-Baltimore trade rivalry, 1780-1860, By James Weston Livingood, Preview Only
• A Political and Constitutional Study of the Cumberland Road, Young, (1902) Free.
• Report of Progress N. - Elevations Above Tide-Level, Allen, 1878, Free
• Road Building in the United States, Stone, 1895, Free
• The turnpikes of New England and evolution of the same through England, Virginia, and Maryland, Wood, 1919, Free
• William Brown's Itinerary, 1790, Library of Congress


ROAD GUIDES
• AAA: Highway Green Book-1920 Ed.; 1922 Edition, Free
• The American traveller ; or, Guide through the United States"...with tables of distances by stage, canal and steam boat routes", Tanner, 1836, Free
• The Automobile Official Blue Book, 1912, Vol. 3 - New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South East Free
• The Automobile Blue Book, 1918, Vol. 3 - New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Northern Virginia and W. Virginia, Free
• The Official Good Roads Year Book of the United States, 1912, The American Association for Highway Improvement, Free


MARYLAND
• 19th Annual Report of the Bureau Of Statistics And Information Of Maryland - 1910 Fox, Free
• Annual reports of the State Roads Commission for the years 1908 to 1911
• Baltimore: Its History and Its People, Clayton Coleman Hall, 1912, Free
• The Catholic Red Book of Western Maryland including Cumberland, Frostburg, Lonaconing, Mt.Savage, Midland, Westernport, Barton, Hagerstown, Hancock, Frederick and Oakland, Red Book Society, 1909, Free
• A Communication from the Secretary of War in Relation to the Cumberland Road, US Senate, March 1836
• Concrete Shoulders Protect Maryland's Investment in Macadam Roads, by Harry D. Williar, Concrete Highways and Public Improvements Magazine, Volume 6, 1922
• Cumberland, Maryland, 1891, A. Shriver & Co., 1891, Free
• Executive Communication to the General Assembly at the December Session 1818 on the Subject of Turnpike Roads, 1818, Free
• First Semi-Annual Report of J. Huddleson, Superintendent of the National Road, within the limits of Maryland. (1843)
• First settlements of Germans in Maryland, Schultz, 1896
• Gov. Goldsborough's Report on MD Turnpike Roads, Dec. 1817
• Highway legislation in Maryland..., Sioussat, (1899) Free.
• The History of Cumberland, William Lowdermilk, 1878, Free
• History of Frederick County, Maryland, Volume 1, By Thomas John Chew Williams and Folger McKinsey, Free preview
• History of State Banking in Maryland; Byran, (Bank Road p.44-), 1899, Free
• Laws, documents and judicial decisions: relating to the Baltimore and Fredericktown, York and Reisterstown, Cumberland and Boonesbough Turnpike Road Companies
• The Laws of Maryland, 1801-1809
• List of Villages and Locations in MD, circa 1941. Gazetter of Maryland
• Maryland - A Guide to the Old Line State, Federal Writer's Project (WPA), 1940, PDF - Free
• Maryland, Its Resources, Industries and Institutions, John Hopkins, 1893, Free
• Remarks On the Intercourse of Baltimore With the Western Country w/Map, 1818, Free
• Report of the Maryland State Board of Forestry for 1912 and 1913. Free
• Report On the Highways of Maryland, MD Geological Survey, 1899, Free
• Sesquicentennial of the Casselman River Bridge and the History of Little Crossing, Originally published by The Little Crossings Historical Committee, 1963. Text copy.
• Seventh and eighth semi-annual reports of T. Thistle, superintendent of the National Road, within the limits of the state of Maryland. (Volume 1842)
• The State Reserves of Maryland. "A Playground for the Public.", Dorrance, 1919, Free
• Daughters of the American Revolution magazine, Volume 54 - The Turnpikes of Maryland- Page 565, Wood, 1920, Free


PENNSYLVANIA
• Hart's History and Directory of the Three Towns, Brownsville, Bridgeport, West Brownsville ... also abridged history of Fayette County & western Pennsylvania .. (1904), Free
• The History of Fayette County by Franklin Ellis, 1882, Free
• A History of Uniontown: the county seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania by James Hadden, 1913
• Pennsylvania, A Guide to the Keystone State, Compiled by the workers of the Writer's Program of the WPA in Pennsylvania, (1940), Free
• Sketch of the internal improvements already made by Pennsylvania; with observations upon her physical and fiscal means for their extension; particularly as they have reference to the future growth and prosperity of Philadelphia. By Samuel Breck (Map missing.) (1818)
• The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania From 1682 to 1801, Vol. 16, 1798 to 1801


WEST VIRGINIA
• West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State, Compiled by the workers of the Writer's Program of the WPA in West Virginia, (1941), Free


OHIO
• The Ohio Guide, Compiled by the workers of the Writer's Program of the WPA in Ohio, (1940/46), Free


INDIANA
• Indiana - A Guide to the Hoosier State,, Compiled by the workers of the Writer's Program of the WPA in Indiana, (1941), Free


COLONIAL ROADS
• Braddock's Defeat: The Journal of Captain Robert Cholmley's Batman and The Journal of a British Officer, Halketts Orderly Book, Hamilton, 1959, Free
• Braddock's Road and Three Relative Papers, Hulbert, (1903) Free.
• The Pennsylvania Magazine of History: Braddock's Road, Lacock, (1914). Free.
• Christopher Gist's Journals: With historical, geographical and ethnological notes and biographies of his contemporaries, Gist & Darlington, (1893), Free
• The history of an expedition against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755; under Major-General Edward Braddock, Sargent, 1856, Free
• A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: containing a succinct account of its soil, climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners, and customs : with an ample description of the several divisions into which that country is partitioned ..., Imlay, (1797), Free
• The Wilderness Road: A Description of the Routes of Travel..., Speed, (1866) Free.


MISCELLANEOUS
• Motor Camping, Long, 1923, Free

  ONLINE RESOURCES

• Western Maryland Historical Library
• Bibliography of Industry in Western Maryland, John McGrain
• Exploring Indiana's (& Illinois') Highways, Jim Grey.net
• Korns.org - Extensive Genealogical Research on the Korns Family in Somerset, PA and Allegany County, MD
• Library of Congress- American Memories - Photos and Prints
• West Virginia Div. of Culture and History
• David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
• 125M to B: The National Pike and National Road, Christopher Busta-Peck
• Checklist of Maryland Post Offices
• List of Maryland Streams
• Photo Gallery: National Old Trails Road, Federal Highway Administration
• Columbus, OH Motels - MotelPostcards.com, Many on Route 40

  LIBRARY of CONGRESS

• American State Papers -
  The American State Papers, comprising a total of thirty-eight physical volumes, contain the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838.
  • #195 - On the appropriation and application of funds for the Cumberland road, 1805
  • #220 - On progress made in constructing the Cumberland road, 1807
  • #243 - With report of commissioners relative to location and opening the route of the Cumberland road, 1808
  • #247 - On the progress made on the Cumberland road; stating the amount of the 5 per cent. on nett proceeds of the public lands sold in the State of Ohio since July 1, 1802, &c., 1808
  • #258 - With report of the commissioners for making the Cumberland road, 1808
  • #263 - On the expenditures made on account of the Cumberland road, 1809