[‘The Colossus Of Roads’: Sir James Nicoll Mcadam, Scottish Builder And Administrator Of Roads.] Autograph Signature Cut From Document. Sir James Nicoll Mcadam (1786–1852), ‘The Colossus Of Roads’, Scottish Builder And Administrator Of Roads

See his joint entry with his father John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) in the Oxford DNB. On slip of paper roughly 11 x 6.5 cm, cut from document. In good condition, lightly aged, and laid down on part of brown paper leaf from an autograph album. (Part of an autograph by ‘[.] Perry’ is on the reverse.) Good large disciplined autograph ‘James Mc Adam’ (with the initial ‘J’ closely cropped at the head and left-hand side), beneath which is written, in a contemporary hand ‘The Colossus of Roads’. See Image.