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Identifier: americaninventio00mowr (find matches)
Title: American inventions and inventors
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917 Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author
Subjects: Inventions
Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ould be taken out and in,perhaps a change of coaches made or more frequently ofhorses only, a delay for a little gossip, and the stage wouldbe off again. This was all very exhilarating and agreeable inpleasant, warm weather, but how fatiguing in the cold andsnows of winter, and even during a chilly summer storm. These public conveyances were used only when neces-sary. Private carriages were much preferred to the stage-coach, as being a more comfortable as well as a safer modeof travel. The story is told of one young lady who was vis-iting near Boston, eighty years ago. She was very anxious AN OLD-FASHIONED STAGECOACH. TRAVEL—STAGECOACHES. 205 to return to her home, but her father was unable to come forher. Her mother wrote: Your papa would not trust yourlife in the stage. It is a very unsafe and improper convey-ance for young ladies. Many have been the accidents, manythe cripples made by accidents in these vehicles. As soonas your papa can, you may be sure he will go or send foryou.
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MUNROE TAVERN, LEXINGTON, MASS. (BUILT IN 1695.) Whether the traveler went by stage or in his private car-nage, it was necessary to stop at the inns. The taverns hada great deal to do with making journeys pleasant or disagree-able. As a general rule, the New England inns were keptby leading men, and in most cases the innkeeper was re-quired to obtain recommendations from the selectmen of thetown before he could get a license or a permission to establish 206 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS. and keep the tavern. Even the smaller New England vil-lages boasted of inns that compared favorably with the hotelsof the large towns. A Frenchman, traveling through theUnited States early in this century, wTote in highest praiseof the inns of New England, w^hose windows w^ere withoutshutters, and whose doors had neither locks nor keys, andyet where no harm ever came to the traveler. He admired the great room, with its low ceiling and neatly sanded floor;its bright pewter dishes and stout-backed,

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