The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 34
NO RAILROADS AND NO AUTOMOBILES. STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY 23 … NO TELEGRAPH AND NO TELEPHONE. All travel was done on horseback or by stage-coach, and those who crossed the ocean did it asColumbus did—in a sailing-vessel. It was a threedays journey from Philadelphia to Washington.Now you can make the trip in three hours. Ittook nearly a week for a letter to go…
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