Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . OLD CONCORD COACH. WADSWORTH INN, HARTFORD On the Road about 1793 he covered the distance betweenfive oclock in the morning and two in theafternoon, changing horses once at the half-way house in Walpole. And every rival didthe thing a little better than those who pre-ceded him. Hatchs line had been runningonly ten years, when the Columbian Centi-nal and Massachusetts Federalist advertisedas follows: PROVIDENCE STAGE A New line of Stages will commencerunning on Monday,
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . OLD CONCORD COACH. WADSWORTH INN, HARTFORD On the Road about 1793 he covered the distance betweenfive oclock in the morning and two in theafternoon, changing horses once at the half-way house in Walpole. And every rival didthe thing a little better than those who pre-ceded him. Hatchs line had been runningonly ten years, when the Columbian Centi-nal and Massachusetts Federalist advertisedas follows: PROVIDENCE STAGE A New line of Stages will commencerunning on Monday, the 2d day of Januarynext, and will start from the Bunch ofGrapes Tavern, State Street, in Boston, everymorning, precisely at 8 oclock, and arriveat Providence the same afternoon; and alsowill start from Barkers Tavern, in Provi-dence (formerly Thomas Seahens), head ofPacket-Wharf, and arrive at Boston thesame afternoon. The Proprietors of these Stages havebeen particularly attentive to the neatness,elegance and convenience of their Carriages,the goodness and strength of their horses, thecarefulness and civility of their Drivers; 313 Among
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