Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2)
A picturesque history of the coaching age
Charles G. Harper
Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2) A picturesque history of the coaching age
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STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
CHAPTER I THE LATER MAILS
CHAPTER II DOWN THE ROAD IN DAYS OF YORE I.—A Journey from Newcastle-on-Tyne to London in 1772
CHAPTER III DOWN THE ROAD IN DAYS OF YORE II.—From London to Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1830
CHAPTER IV ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER V A GREAT CARRYING FIRM: THE STORY OF PICKFORD AND CO.
CHAPTER VI ROBBERY AND ADVENTURE
CHAPTER VII SNOW AND FLOODS
CHAPTER VIII THE GOLDEN AGE, 1824–1848
CHAPTER IX COACH-PROPRIETORS
CHAPTER X COACH-PROPRIETORS (continued)
CHAPTER XI THE AMATEURS
CHAPTER XII END OF THE COACHING AGE
CHAPTER XIII WHAT BECAME OF THE COACHMEN
CHAPTER XIV THE OLD ENGLAND OF COACHING DAYS
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
INDEX
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