Newspaper Advertisement for Passenger Travel on the New York and Albany Mail Stage, 1804
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This newspaper clipping from the New York Evening Post, dated October 29, 1804, advertises a number of stage coach lines operating between eastern cities. Two of the lines advertised travel from New York City to Albany, while another company has lines that run from New York City to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and "the Federal City" -- now known as Washington, D.C.
This newspaper clipping from the New York Evening Post, dated October 29, 1804, advertises a number of stage coach lines operating between eastern cities. Two of the lines advertised travel from New York City to Albany, while another company has lines that run from New York City to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and "the Federal City" -- now known as Washington, D.C.
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Date Made
29 October 1804
Subject Date
1804
Creators
Unknown
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Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.1511
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Engraving (Printing process)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
Text reads in part: THE NEW-YORK AND ALBANY / MAIL STAGE, / ON THE / WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER, / WILL leave New -York every Sunday, / Tuesday and Thursday, at 2 o'clock...THE OFFICE OF THE / UNITED STATES MAIL STAGES, / FOR BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, / AND THE FEDERAL CITY, / IS REMOVED FROM COURTLAND-STREET / TO THE / City-Hotel, Broadway, /...WHERE Seats may be engage from 6 in / the morning to 9 / in the evening--Fare of each Passenger to Philadelphia, Eight Dollars... / THADEUS GOODYEAR
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