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  1. A Summit to Discuss Internal Improvements
    date July, 1828 to September, 1828map ALBEMARLE, Virginiatags Economy, Politics, Migration/Transportation

    On July 15 1828, Virginians gathered in Charlottesville to discuss the question of whether the State of Virginia shall herself make her own Internal Improvements, or resign that duty, with all its important political and pecuniary interests to a foreign Corporation. The specific concern those in meeting grappled with was the fact that in March 1827 the General Assembly provided a charter for corporation...