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ning, painters. The gigs and coaches got up by the 

 company from 1821 (when it was incorporated) to 1834-5 

 and 6, were far superior in strength and finish to any in 

 present use. William Maiming, familiarly known as 

 r 'Sir William," was the general superintendent, Henry 

 Cross the a^ent at Boston, and Samuel Manning had the 

 charge of the stable at the "Marlborough" in Boston, and 

 afterwards fitted out the stages with Mr. Lancaster and 

 ran the expresses to overtake the stages, etc. 



The coaches for Boston left at 7, 8, 9, 10, A. M, 1.30 

 and o P. M., and arrived from Boston at 11 A. M., 1, 5, 

 (5, 7, 8, P. M. Any number of extras went over the 

 road at all times both day and night. There was also a 

 coach to and from Marblehcad, driven by Thompson, and 

 three times a week to Haverhill driven by D. Sanderson 

 and afterwards by Pinkham. 



The drivers were James Potter, left at 7 A. M., the 

 first out in the morning; Woodbury Page at 8 A. M. ; 

 Charles Cross, afterwards Albert Knight, and then B. 

 Savory at 9 A. M. ; Moses Shaw at 10 A. M. on Monday, 

 Wednesday and Friday, and Albert Knight, afterwards 

 Jacob Winchester on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ; 

 Lot Peach at 1.30 P. M. The Major Shaw went out at 

 3 P. M., and this closed the outward or up trips to Bos- 

 ton for the day. Peter Ray afterwards drove this last 

 route. 



The first coach in from Boston was at 11 A. M., the 

 one that left the afternoon previous at 3 o'clock ; the 

 Gloucester at 1 P. M., Potter at 5, Page at G, Savory at 

 7 and Peach at 8 P. M. 



There were many extra drivers, Wm. Winchester, 

 Joshua Butman, Joseph Potter, Benjamin Lcavitt and 

 others. During the summer some of the regular and sev- 

 eral of the extra drivers were away on journeys. There 



