A history of the United States for schools . were many merchants, sea-men, and fishermen, but most of the people were farm-ers who lived on what they raised upon their ownestates. People seldom undertook long journeys, andmails were not very regular. It took a week to go fromBoston to New York in a stagecoach, and all largerivers, such as the Connecticut, had to be crossed inboats, as none of them had bridges. Hence, the differ- 262 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XTIl ent parts of the country knew very little about eachother, and entertained absurd prejudices ; and the sen-timent of union between the
A history of the United States for schools . were many merchants, sea-men, and fishermen, but most of the people were farm-ers who lived on what they raised upon their ownestates. People seldom undertook long journeys, andmails were not very regular. It took a week to go fromBoston to New York in a stagecoach, and all largerivers, such as the Connecticut, had to be crossed inboats, as none of them had bridges. Hence, the differ- 262 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XTIl ent parts of the country knew very little about eachother, and entertained absurd prejudices ; and the sen-timent of union between the states was very weak. The change in the modes of living since the first set-tlement of the country was very slight compared withthe changes that have taken place since 1800. Therewere no large cities. Philadelphia, in 1790, had a popu-lation of about 42,000 (rather less than Springfield,Mass., in 1890). Next came New York, with 33,000;then Boston, with 18,000; and Baltimore, with 13, towns had not yet lost the rural look. In Boston,. BOSTON IN I for example, the streets were unpaved, and the side-walks unfla£:s:ed. The better houses were usu-? ally built of brick, with little flower gardens infront, or lawns dotted with shrubbery. The furniture,silver, and china in them were mostly imported from 1 Facsimile of a print in the Massachusetts Magazine, November, point of view is in Governor Hancocks grounds ; the common, withthe great elm, is in the middle distance, the south part of the town, withthe Neck, is beyond, and in the further parts are Dorchester Heights. § I03- THE PERIOD OF _-« ess.*. 263
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