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Obsolete Notes & Miscellaneous Items > Pennsylvania

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Mercer & Meadville Turnpike Road Co. $1
Grade: CU    

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November 30, 18??. In payment of debts due. The main road leading from Pittsburgh to Erie through Mercer, Shealeyville, Meadville, etc., seems to have been laid out when the territory was yet under the practical control of Crawford County. In 1807 the station appropriated $400 to improve the road between Mercer and Meadville. In 1817 the Mercer & Meadville Turnpike Company was chartered by the Legislature to improve and operate the road between Mercer and Meadville, connecting at Mercer with the road to Pittsburgh. in 1821 the company opened the line for general traffic. It continued to be the principal thoroughfare through Mercer County for many years, and though macadamized, was subject to the restrictions of toll-gates until quite a late day.

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