Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 205
agetravel were for the most part toll roads. Instead of beingmade by the towns or counties, or by the colonies, they were 202 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS. built by corporations. These companies were granted theprivilege of charging toll from every traveler over theirroads for the purpose of… … OLD-STYLE CALASHES. proved, time was saved, and less discomfort was caused thetravelers. In the eighteenth century public carriages began to comeinto use. Previously if any one wished to travel by land, hefound it necessary to own or hire horses. If he made a voy-age by sea, he could pay his fare…
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