Sir, The committee on the Carter Road, have received Mr M'Adam's very satisfactory report, : from which it appears that the road from Edinburgh to Newcastle, by Jedburgh, may be reduced to the distance of 104 miles ...
Committee appointed upon the Line of Road between Caitha in the County of Roxburgh, by Jedburgh, and the Carter Fell (Jedburgh)
Oliver-Rutherfurd, William,1781-1879.
[Jedburgh? : s.n.,
1829]
Printed letter sent out to accompany subscription papers for private individuals wishing to subscribe to pay for the construction of a new road from Edinburgh to Newcastle via Jedburgh and Carter Bar, the subscribers' money to be recovered from tolls. The committee had been heartened by a report from John Loudon McAdam (Report by Mr. M'Adam to the subscribers to the expense of the survey of the Carter Fell) proposing the construction of a new road through Carter Bar.
Committee on the Carter Road was later known as the "Committee appointed upon the Line of Road between Caitha in the County of Roxburgh, by Jedburgh, and the Carter Fell."
Dated Knowsouth [Jedburgh], 15th January, 1829.
Signed: William Oliver, Jun.
Caption title.
Single folio sheet folded and printed on one side.
McAdam, John Loudon, 1756-1836.
Road construction