Internal improvements in early Indiana
Series: Indiana Historical Society publications -- v. 5, no. 2 cn
Publisher: E.J. Hecker, printer
Published: 1912
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Public works -- Indiana
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana university, 1913.

Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources,inc., 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 10338)

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Table of contents: title: I Introduction; title: 1. Economic Situation in the United States, 1816-20; title: 2. Conditions of Travel in Early Indiana; title: II. Early Attempts To Build Transportation Routes 1816-’27; title: 1. State Roads and the Three Per Cent Fund; title: 2. The National Road; title: 3. The Michigan Road; title: 4. Opening Streams for Navigation; title: 5. The Ohio Falls Canal; title: 6. Commerce of Early Indiana; title: 7. Early Parties and Government Aid; title: III. Era of Systematic Internal Improvements 1827-40; title: 1. The Problem, the People, and the Legislature; title: 2. ‘The System’ of 1836; title: 3. Construction; title: 4. Financial Management; title: IV. Failure of the System; title: 1. The Settlement with the Creditors; title: 2. Finishing the Wabash and Erie Canal; title: V. Conclusion