Waybill for Stagecoach Travel from Fairport to Warren, Ohio, 1829
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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 taken on September 30, 1829.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Waybill
Date Made
30 September 1829
Subject Date
30 September 1829
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1757.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 12.5 in
Inscriptions
Front: WAY-BILL FOR... [illegible]... 30 Sep- 1829
Handwritten on back: 259c[?] / Fairport to Warren[?] / Monday Sept 30th 15y[?] / 30 Sept 1829
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