Republican (constitutionalist) President Jefferson signs the Cumberland Road Act of 1806, authorizing construction of the Cumberland Road to extend from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia.
NOTE: Congress is authorized to charter post-Roads, but not to subsidize them.
[restored 11/19/2021]
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 63.
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