Report on Roads and Canals

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Report on Roads and Canals is an influential early 19th-century American government report by Albert Gallatin that outlined a comprehensive national plan for internal improvements in transportation infrastructure.

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instanceOf United States federal document ⓘ
government report ⓘ
transportation policy document ⓘ
advocates coordinated national transportation network ⓘ
aimsTo facilitate westward expansion ⓘ
improve national defense logistics ⓘ
promote economic development ⓘ
associatedWith Gallatin Plan ⓘ
Jeffersonian era ⓘ
author Albert Gallatin ⓘ
commissionedBy Thomas Jefferson administration ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
date April 4, 1808 ⓘ
documentType official report ⓘ
focusesOn improvement of interstate commerce ⓘ
national system of canals ⓘ
national system of roads ⓘ
genre policy report ⓘ
governmentBody United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest comprehensive national infrastructure plans in the United States ⓘ
influenced United States internal improvements debate ⓘ
early American transportation policy ⓘ
intendedAudience United States legislators ⓘ
linked to: U.S. politicians

federal policymakers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy foundational document in U.S. infrastructure planning history ⓘ
methodology survey of existing and proposed routes ⓘ
politicalContext debate over federal role in internal improvements ⓘ
positionOfAuthor Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
presentedTo United States Congress ⓘ
proposes federally funded transportation projects ⓘ
integration of regional transportation networks ⓘ
proposesFunding use of federal revenues for infrastructure ⓘ
publicationYear 1808 ⓘ
regionCovered Atlantic seaboard ⓘ
Western territories of the early United States ⓘ
relatedTo American System (economic plan) ⓘ
Erie Canal ⓘ
National Road ⓘ
subject canals ⓘ
internal improvements ⓘ
national planning ⓘ
roads ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
turnpikes ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

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Albert Gallatin → notableWork → Report on Roads and Canals ⓘ
Gallatin Plan → describedIn → Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals ⓘ
linked to: Report on Roads and Canals