Waybill for Stroudsburg-New York Line Stagecoach, 1850

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Artifact Overview

Waybills helped nineteenth-century stage lines keep track of fares and passengers. For each journey, company agents would fill out passenger names, destinations, number of seats and collected fares. Additional notes sometimes listed types of baggage or other special instructions. This waybill documents a trip from Stroudsburg to New York in March 1850.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Waybill

Date Made

20 March 1850

Subject Date

20 March 1850

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

82.129.1555

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Mounting

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

Reverse: March 20, 1850