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Strongly built, wide, and roomy ; three persons 

 could be comfortable on the seat, and several chil- 

 dren could sit on small benches in the bottom. 

 Some years afterwards a few persons used a light- 

 er description of carriage called coaches ; these were 

 very much like a modern carriage cut in two. They 

 had a seat in the back ; in front was the dicky seat. 

 When four horses were used, as was frequently the 

 case, the leaders were managed by a postilion 

 mounted on the near horse. About the year 1800 

 carriages became more common. Without being 

 more commodious than those now in use, they 

 were very costly and heavy. Every panel had a 

 glass and Venetian blinds; they generally cost a 

 thousand dollars, and required to be drawn by four 

 horses. 



Few horses were then furnished from the West. 

 The planters generally raised as many as they want- 

 ed. In the inventory of the property of Peter Sink- 

 ler destroyed by the British, mentioned in another 

 part of this paper, are more than forty brood 

 animals. 



Until the establishment of manufactories in this 

 country all articles of furniture, clothing, etc., were 

 dear. A good hat cost from ten to twelve dollars ; 

 a pair of boots from twelve to fifteen dollars ; a dress 

 coat from forty to sixty dollars ; and other articles 

 in proportion. Our mothers had to pay five or six 

 shillings a yard for stuff not neater, nor prettier, nor 



