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Executive Office Tennessee
Murfreesboro. November 17. 1825.

Sir:

In compliance with the inclosed [sic] resolution you are
appointed to Join the United States Engineers with as little
delay as possible for the purpose of rendering such aid as
may be in your power, in the survey which is about
to take place of a route through this State for the national
road contemplated to be established from the city of
Washington to New Orleans.

Having no information of the extent of the examination
which the Engineers are directed to make, I am somewhat
at a loss how to instruct you on the subject. I shall however
state what I conceive to be the wishes of Tennessee in relation
to the matter not doubting leaving it with you to inforce [sic]
her claims, not doubting, but, that you will accomplish all that
can be effected.

In the Eastern section of the State it is desired and
expected, that the road from the Virginia line, through
the counties of Sullivan Hawkins and Granger [sic], passing
through Rogersville and Rutledge to Knoxville shall
be examined, as will [sic] as the road through the counties
of Carter, Washington, Greene, Cocke and Jefferson to
Knoxville. From Knoxville to Kingston, the best and
I believe the only good route is along the main stage road.
From the latter place it is very desirable, that a survey
should be made not only along the new road that has