Reports on surveys of state roads, 1826-1841.

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Reports on surveys of state roads, 1826-1841.

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Reports, by commissioners appointed to survey state roads, were generally filed with both the Secretary of State and county commissioners courts, and usually contained survey field notes, plats, and occasionally, construction cost estimates. Road reports filed with the Secretary include those for roads from Peoria to Indiana state line/Danville (1826); Terre Haute Trace to Shelbyville (1827); Shelbyville to Big Vermilion River (1829); Lawrenceville to Shelbyville (1831); Shelbyville to Charleston (1831); Vincennes to Chicago (1831-1833); Chicago to Galena (1833); mouth of Cache River to St. Louis (1833); Peoria to Galena (1833); Mt. Carmel to Lawrenceville (1833); Bloomington to Urbana (1835); and Dutchman's Point to Wisconsin state line (1841). Also included are petitions filed by residents requesting that a state road be established in their areas. These include proposed roads from Steven's Settlement (Shelby Co.) to state road near Sangamon County line (1827); Embarrass River to Clark County line (1830); Shelbyville to Decatur (1833); and Yorke and Darwin to Shelbyville (1836).

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