"Union Line Waybill, from Cleaveland to Erie," Ohio, 1826
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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 the trip from "Cleaveland to Erie" on July 18, 1826.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Waybill
Date Made
18 July 1826
Subject Date
18 July 1826
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made for the Erie and Cleveland Union Line Stages
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1757.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 12.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front:
UNION LINE WAY-BILL, from Cleaveland[sic] to Erie, July the 18 1826 / [along edge] Drivers will observe that no running is permitted on the Line. - A. HOLMES, Agent
Handwritten on back: July the 19 1826 / Found Aug 4, 1831
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