Stage-coach And Mail in Days of Yore, Vol. II (of 2)
by Charles G. Harper
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About this eBook
- Author
- Harper, Charles G. (Charles George), 1863-1943
- Title
- Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2) A picturesque history of the coaching age
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
- Subject
- Coaching (Transportation) -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58668
- Release Date
- January 11, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE
- 2.CONTENTS — List of Illustrations
- 3.CHAPTER I THE LATER MAILS
- 4.CHAPTER II DOWN THE ROAD IN DAYS OF YORE I.— A Journey from Newcastle-on-Tyne to London in 1772
- 5.CHAPTER III DOWN THE ROAD IN DAYS OF YORE II.— From London to Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1830
- 6.CHAPTER IV ACCIDENTS
- 7.CHAPTER V A GREAT CARRYING FIRM: THE STORY OF PICKFORD AND CO.
- 8.CHAPTER VI ROBBERY AND ADVENTURE
- 9.CHAPTER VII SNOW AND FLOODS
- 10.CHAPTER VIII THE GOLDEN AGE, 1824–1848
- 11.CHAPTER IX COACH-PROPRIETORS
- 12.CHAPTER X COACH-PROPRIETORS ( continued )
- 13.CHAPTER XI THE AMATEURS
- 14.CHAPTER XII END OF THE COACHING AGE
- 15.CHAPTER XIII WHAT BECAME OF THE COACHMEN
- 16.CHAPTER XIV THE OLD ENGLAND OF COACHING DAYS
- 17.CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY — INDEX
- 18.Transcriber’s Notes
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