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Modern carriages (1905)

Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1831-1914 · London : Vinton & Co. · leaf 109

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peace follow-ing Waterloo afforded him the chance ofbuying some first-class horses which hadbeeji intended for the Army : these Bianconipurchased at from ^10 to ^20 a head, andin Juily, 1815, he started a car for theconveyance of passengers from Clonmel toCahir, which subsequently extended its… … 77 show how the demand for his cheap carservices was brouoht about:— Firstly, the tax on carriages, by which the middleclasses were precluded from using their own vehicles.Secondly, the general peace that followed the battleof Waterloo, and by which a great number of first-class horses, bred for…

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