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Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 1 (of 2)

Subtitle: A picturesque history of the coaching age

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1. STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE 2. PREFACE 3. CHAPTER I THE INTRODUCTION OF CARRIAGES 4. CHAPTER II THE HORSEMEN 5. CHAPTER III DAWN OF THE COACHING AGE 6. CHAPTER IV GROWTH OF COACHING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 7. CHAPTER V THE STAGE-WAGGONS AND WHAT THEY CARRIED: HOW THE POOR TRAVELLED 8. CHAPTER VI THE EARLY MAIL-COACHES 9. CHAPTER VII THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: 1800–1824 10. CHAPTER VIII COACH LEGISLATION 11. CHAPTER IX THE EARLY COACHMEN 12. CHAPTER X THE LATER COACHMEN 13. CHAPTER XI MAIL-GUARDS 14. CHAPTER XII STAGE-COACH GUARDS 15. CHAPTER XIII HOW THE COACHES WERE NAMED 16. CHAPTER XIV GOING BY COACH: BOOKING OFFICES 17. CHAPTER XV HOW THE COACH PASSENGERS FARED: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS DOWN THE ROAD 18. APPENDIX

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