Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . o •J , * t . ?n 3 J. ?A \ a r^ y. o i^^ ^ ^ 1^ SO 01 Oh. OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS 417 proved to be half past two. Then, whether itsnowed or rained, the traveller must rise andmake ready by the help of a horn lantern and afarthing candle, and proceed on his way overbad roads. . Thus we travelled eighteen milesa stage, sometimes obliged to get out and helpthe coachman lift the coach out of a quagmireor rut, and arrived at New York after a weekshard travelling, wondering at the ease as wellas the expedition of ou
Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . o •J , * t . ?n 3 J. ?A \ a r^ y. o i^^ ^ ^ 1^ SO 01 Oh. OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS 417 proved to be half past two. Then, whether itsnowed or rained, the traveller must rise andmake ready by the help of a horn lantern and afarthing candle, and proceed on his way overbad roads. . Thus we travelled eighteen milesa stage, sometimes obliged to get out and helpthe coachman lift the coach out of a quagmireor rut, and arrived at New York after a weekshard travelling, wondering at the ease as wellas the expedition of our journey. All this w^as much changed for the better,however, by the time of which we are now wri-ting. For in 1808 the first Massachusetts turn-pike was laid out from Boston to Worcester, asa result of the enterprise of Captain his horses, wagons and harnesses had fora long time been very good. John Melish, whotravelled from Boston to New York by stage-coach in 1806 declared the conveyance easyand in summer very agreeable. To one of the inns in Boston there came, inthe early twenties, a Southern traveller, whosename ha
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