Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 207
thirteen days to one day and fivehours; more than a hundred lines of coaches were then regu-larly running out of Boston. In spite, however, of every improvement, travel by stagea hundred years ago was no simple or pleasant matter. Pro-fessor McMaster says: The stagecoach was little betterthan a… … the vehicle, and the body was commonly breast-high. Fromthe top were hung curtains of leather, to be drawn up whenthe day was fine and let down and buttoned when rainy orcold. Within were four seats. Without was the baggage.When the baggage had all been weighed and strapped onthe coach, when the…
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