Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
They purpose to set off from Pliiladelphia and Powlas-Hook on Mondays and Thursdays punctually at Sunrise, and be at Prince-Town the same Nights, and change Passengers, and return to New- York and Philadelphia the following days ; the Passengers are desired to cross Powlas-Hook Ferry the Evening before ; the Waggon is not to stay after Sunrise j Price each Passenger from Powlas-Hook to Prince-Town, Ten shillings, from thence to Philadelphia, Ten shillings also ; Ferriage free ; Three Pence each Mile any Distance between. Any Gentlemen or Ladies that wants to go to Philadelphia can go in the stage and be at home in five Days and be two Nights and one Day in Philadelphia to do business, or see the Market Days. All Gentlemen, and Ladies who are pleased to favour us with their custom, may depend on due Attendance and civil Usage by those Humble Servants
John Merserear, June 23, 1776. John Barrowhill.
AN OLD MAP OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW- YORK.
"A Map of New England and New York sold by Thomas Basset in Fleet St. and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Church Yard " is the title of a map, without a date, brought last year from Europe by Mr. Kendal of the N. 0. Picayune, of which the N. Y. Tribune of July, furnishes the following description : --
" It must be extremely old for its delineation of the country shows that it was made before the interior of New- York or New England was explored. New-York and Boston are fixed points, and some of the villages along the coasts are truly named and placed pretty nearly in their true position ; but a few miles from the coast, in any direction, and the map maker seems to have