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The "main lineof post towns "

已有 293 次阅读  2010-04-22 11:39   标签The  main  post  lineof  towns 

The "main lineof post towns " extended " from Passamaquoddy in the District ofMaine to Sunbury in the State of Georgia."The object in publishing such a table asthis was to make a durable record by which it was possible for the people tocompute easily and with a handy helper what the cost of postage on letterswould be. Coach Purses Outlet

The following " rates of postage " are given on the old handker chief. Coach Bags

 

 

Double letters are charged double; andtriple letters, three times these rates,anda packet weigh­ing one ounce avoirdupois atthe rate of four single letters.Let us compare conditions in these mattersin America with those in Scotland. Coach Outlet

While England had, in the first half of theeighteenth century, coaches in enough number that country folk knew what theylooked like, Scotland was barren not only of coaches but of carriages. Coach Tote Bags

In1720there were no chariots or chaises north ofthe Tay. Coach Bags Outlet

Not till 1749 was there a coach between Edinburgh and Glasgow; thisjourney of forty-six miles could, by the end of the century, be done in twelvehours. Coach Crossbody Bags

In1754therewas once a month a coach from Edinburgh to London; it took twelve to sixteendays to accom­plish this journey, and was so perilous that travellers made theirwills before setting out. Coach Handbags

 

 

There were few carts and no such splendid wagons asour Cones- togas. Cadgers carried creels or goods on horse­back ; and sledges,or creels borne on the backs of women, were the means of transportation innorth­ern Scotland until the end of the eighteenth cen­tury. Coach Wallets

These sledges hadtumbling wheels of solid wood a foot and a half in diameter, revolving with thewooden axletree, and held little more than a wheelbarrow. Coach Purses

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