Waybill for Stagecoach Travel from Fairport to Warren, Ohio, 1829
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Waybills helped nineteenth-century stage lines keep track of fares and passengers. For each journey, company agents would fill out passenger names, destinations, number of seats, and collected fares. Additional notes sometimes listed types of baggage or other special instructions. This waybill documents a trip from Fairport to Warren, Ohio, in September 1829.
Waybills helped nineteenth-century stage lines keep track of fares and passengers. For each journey, company agents would fill out passenger names, destinations, number of seats, and collected fares. Additional notes sometimes listed types of baggage or other special instructions. This waybill documents a trip from Fairport to Warren, Ohio, in September 1829.
Artifact
Waybill
Date Made
02 September 1829
Subject Date
02 September 1829
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1757.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Handwriting
Printing (Process)
Dimensions
Height: 7.625 in
Width: 12.5 in
Inscriptions
Front: WAY-BILL FOR / [handwritten] Warren from Fairport - Sept. 2 - 1829 Handwritten on back: Way Bill from / Fairport to Warren / Sept 2 1829
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