MUSEUM-L: I hope this gets through, my first mailing had an incorrect address. John John Pearce > > First of all, please excuse duplications, as this message is being > cross-posted to ARCHIVES-L, C18-L, EARAM-L, HERITAGE, MUSEUM-L and > PUBLHIST. > > At Mary Washington College undergraduate Angela Tweedy is pursuing an > individual study of the development of the rules of the road on land in > the American colonies and in the early Republic. > > I hope that there will be subscribers to the lists to which we are > posting who will have references to suggest to Ms. Tweedy, in connection > with her message below. > > Thanks for your help! > > John > > John N. Pearce > Director, Center for Historic Preservation > Mary Washington College > 1301 College Avenue > Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5358 > voice/voicemail 703 899-4334 > fax 703 899-4123 > e-mail [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > MESSAGE FROM ANGELA TWEEDY: > > Dear Colleagues: > > I am interested in any help that you could give me regarding the "rules > of the road (on land)" in colonial and 19th-century America. Subjects > which may illuminate the rules of the road include development of > vehicles and of methods of loading, driving and unloading them; road > materials, conditions, and repairs, and their possible effects on rules > of the road; rules regarding passing, on one-lane as well as two-lane > rights of way; influence of such varied matters as rules for pack > trains, railroad and canal building and use, rules of racing for horses > or other animals, use of walking sticks, and development of bicycling. > > I am interested in quantifying--if possible!--numbers and ratios of > oxcarts, Conestoga wagons and carriages in 18th-century America. > > I am also very interested in anecdotal illustrations of "driving right" > and other rules of the road--and will be very happy to receive any > quotations you might have at hand from travelers' accounts, court order > books, court cases, how-to manuals or other such sources. > B > In my completed paper I will, of course, give complete citation of the > source for each item of information or for your other suggestions, and > Mr. Pearce tells me that the Center for Historic Preservation would send > a copy of the paper to you in you would like to have one. For those who > may have specific bibliographical suggestions, Mr. Pearce and I would be > happy to send a copy of my bibliography of works consulted to date, if > requested. > > Thank you so much for any help you can provide. > > Sincerely yours, > Angela Tweedy, undergraduate majoring in historic preservation > Box MWC-1200 > 1701 College Avenue > Fredericksburg, VA 22401-4666 > fax (c/o Pearce) 703 899-4123 > e-mail [log in to unmask] >