Herman Willem Daendels' manual on how to construct the Great Postal Road between Buitenzorg and Karangsambung is no longer readable. Age has taken its toll on the document.

Tempo, however, obtained an 1895 copy of the document, stored at the Netherlands' Den Haag National Archive, entitled Nederlandsch-Indisch Plakaatboek 1602-1811 vol. 14.

The 10 clauses listed in the document provide a glimpse into Daendels' vision for the famous road, which tod