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The shopkeeper's and tradesman's assistant: being a new and correct alphabetical list of all the stage coaches, carriers, coasting vessels, &c. containing An Account of the Inns in London where the Coaches and Carriers put up and go out from; the Days of the Week, and Hours of those Days, when they set out; the Counties in which the Places lie, and their Distance in Miles from London; with the Wharfs, Keys and Stairs, where the Vessels, Barges and Boats usually lie to take in Goods and Passengers. Likewise a Collection of the most common Shilling and Eighteen Penny Fares for Hackney Coaches, and the Rates of Watermen. Also the Rates paid to Carmen for the Cartage of Goods, together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord-Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden for the City of London, at the Guildhall. To which is Prifixed A correct List of all the Mail Coaches, with The Names of all the Carriers, the Inns they put up at, and the Principal Places they go to. The Whole being well digested, is designed as a proper Assistant for Shopkeepers, Tradesmen and others, who have Occasion to write, or send Goods into the Country.
Date: 1792- Books
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The shopkeeper's and tradesman's assistant: being a new and correct alphabetical list of all the stage coaches, carriers, coasting vessels, &c. containing An Account of the Inns in London where the Coaches and Carriers put up and go out from; The-Days of the Week, and Hours of those Days, when they set out; the Counties in which the Places lie, and their Distance in Miles from London; with the Wharfs, Keys and Stairs, where the Vessels, Barges and Boats usually lie to take in Goods and Passengers, with the Charges of General Post Letters, Inland and Foreign. Likewise A Collection of the most common Shilling and Eighteen Penny Fares for Hackney Coaches, and the Rates of Watermen. Also the Rates paid to Carmen for the Cartage of Goods, together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden for the City of London, at the Guildhall. To which is prefixed A correct List of all the Mail Coaches. The Charges of Landing, Loading, Housing and Weighing Merchandize; with The Names of all the Carriers, the Inns they put up at, and the principal Places they go to. The Whole being well digested, is designed as a proper Assistant for Shopkeepers, Tradesmen and others, who have Occasion to write, or send Goods into the Country.
Date: [1796?]- Books
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A guide to stage coaches, diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels, barges, and boats, which carry passengers and merchandise from London to the different towns in Great Britain. ... To this edition are now added, the rates of hackney coaches, chairmen, and watermen.
Date: 1783- Books
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A guide to stage coaches, diligences, waggons, carts, coasting vessels, barges, and boats, which carry passengers and merchandise from London to the different towns in Great Britain. Describing The Number of Miles to each Town, and the Days and Hours when the Carriages set out from the Inns, &c. in and near London. With an account of The several Wharfs, Keys, and Stairs, where Goods and Passengers are usually received, and conveyed in Vessels, Barges, or Boats, to the different Parts of the Kingdom. Also, The Rates paid to Carmen for the Carriage of Goods: Together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at the Guildhall, London. The Whole useful to Gentlemen, and designed as an Assistant to Warehousemen and Shopkeepers, who send Bales or Parcels into the Country. To this edition are now added, the rates of hackney coaches, chairman, and waterman.
Date: [1784]