with kegs of spirits, salt, and bales of dry goods, on their way to the traders in Pittsburg. . . Four miles beyond Bedford, the road to the right was called the "Pittsburg Road," while that to the left was called the "Glade Road," and led to Simrel's ferry, on the Yohiogany river. This was the route of the emigrants. . ."
This imperfect glimpse of these "founders of Ohio" toiling over the Pennsylvania Road in 1788 on their way to Marietta—the vanguard of that Ohio Company which made possible the "sublime" Ordinance of 1787—is striking proof that this pathway was the link between the old and the new New England.
The Pennsylvania Road was also a common route from Baltimore and Washington; it was Arthur Lee's route to Pittsburg in 1784,[1] and Col. John May's route from Baltimore to Pittsburg in 1788.[2] Francis Baily, F. R. S., President of the Royal Astronomical Society of England, was one of the well-known Englishmen who left a record of experiences on this pioneer high-
