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Stage-coach and tavern days

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18736
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
647.94 E12
Responsibility
by Alice Morse Earle.
ISBN
0879280832
Author
Earle, Alice Morse,
Place of Publication
Williamstown, Mass
Publisher
Corner House,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
xvi, 449 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
Corner House Publishers social science reprints
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint of 1900 edition.
Contents
Chapters: The Puritan Ordinary // Old-time Taverns // The Tavern Landlord // Tavern Fare and Tavern Ways // Kill-devil and its Affines // Small Drink // Signs and Symbols // The Tavern in War // The Tavern Panorama // .From Path to Turnpike // Packhorse and Conestoga Wagon // Early Stage-coaches and Other Vehicles // Two Stage Veterans of Massachusetts // A Staging Centre // The Stage-driver // The Romance of the Road // The Pains of Stage-coach Travel // Knights of the Road // Tavern Ghosts
Subjects
Coaching (Transportation) - United States.
Hotels - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
647.94 E12
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