Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . the view of theHay market Theatre. Captain Levi Pease, who hailed from Shrews-bury, was another Yankee who made stage-running and tavern-keeping pay abundantly inthe Boston of this time. His house w^as on the sitenow occupied by St. Pauls Church. At first goingto New York by Pease line was by no means easy,if we may trust Josiah Quincy, who has left us adescription of travel by stage under the auspicesof this Jehu: I set out from Boston, he says, in the line of stages lately established by anenterprising Yan
Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city . the view of theHay market Theatre. Captain Levi Pease, who hailed from Shrews-bury, was another Yankee who made stage-running and tavern-keeping pay abundantly inthe Boston of this time. His house w^as on the sitenow occupied by St. Pauls Church. At first goingto New York by Pease line was by no means easy,if we may trust Josiah Quincy, who has left us adescription of travel by stage under the auspicesof this Jehu: I set out from Boston, he says, in the line of stages lately established by anenterprising Yankee Pease by name, which inthat day was considered a method of transporta-tion of wonderful expedition. The journey toNew York took up a week. The carriages wereold and shackling and much of the harness madeof ropes. One pair of horses carried the stageeighteen miles. We generally reached our rest-ing-place for the night, if no accident intervened,at ten oclock, and after a frugal supper we wentto bed with a notice that we should be calledat three the next morning, which generally. o •J , * t . ?n 3 J. ?A \ a r^ y. o i^^ ^ ^ 1^ SO 01 Oh
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