Thomas Jefferson Papers

Notes on Travel Distances Between Monticello and Washington, 2 October 1808

Sep. 28—Oct. 2. 1808.

Monticello
Mill 2.62
* Beck’s fork 2.18
Gordon’s 14.43
* Montpelier road 4.99
Montpelier 3.78 28.
public road 2.11
Orange C.H. 1.97
Stevensbg 21.40
Strode’s 5.25
Herring’s .24
Norman’s ford 4.26
Elk run church 9.99
Slate run church 14.49
Brown’s 4.56
Songster’s road 2.65
Bull run 4.39
Centerville 3.09
Fairfax C.H. 8.40
Thomas’s x roads 9.42
George town ferry 5.56


* these correct former errors

† this included from Herring’s house to his shed x2

‡ this included a thousand meanders round the mudholes

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