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Mail Stage Rules, circa 1826

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Artifact Overview

The Emison & McClure Company issued this small broadside informing the public of the rules and regulations they had established in conducting their mail stage line between Louisville, Kentucky, and St. Louis, Missouri. Copies of the broadside would have been posted in the company's offices and given to passengers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Broadside (Notice)

Subject Date

circa 1826

Creator Notes

Printed for the Emison and McClure Company by Elihu Stout and his Western Sun and General Advertiser in Vincennes, Indiana.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

82.129.1522

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height : 6.5 in
Width: 7.25 in

Inscriptions

Printed at top of broadside: MAIL STAGE RULES
Mail Stage Rules, circa 1826