in this Harbour also fired._

From the _Essex Gazette_, Nov. 12, 1771.

The accommodation offered for travel between Boston and New York before
the Revolution must have been slim enough, judging from an advertisement
in the "Boston Gazette" in 1761. Passengers then went by vessel from
Providence; that is, "Gentlemen Passengers." Whether ladies were
accommodated or not, does not appear; but perhaps they were in the habit
of going by stage, taking a week or so to accomplish the journey, or,
more than likely, few ever travelled at all in those times. In our day,
when every one is on the move, it is hard to realize this state of
things.

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_Notice is Given, That SAMUEL and WILLIAM CHACE, of_
Providence, _have a suitable Vessel that goes steadily
between there and_ New-York. _So that all Gentlemen
Passengers and others that incline to take the Rout from_
Boston _to_ New-York, _or from_ New-York _to_ Boston, _may
be well accommodated._

Providence, Aug. 29, 1761.

"In 1756," Watson says, "the first stage was started between
Philadelphia and New York by Mr. Butler; three days through in summer
time, five and six in winter. In 1765 a second stage was started, to go
through positively in three days. This was a covered Jersey
wagon,--fare, twopence per mile. In 1766 another stage, called the
'Flying Machine,' was started, to go through in two days,--threepence
per mile."

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A brief account of Montreal in the "Boston Gazette," March 30, 1761.

NEW-YORK, March 23.

Extract of a Letter from Montreal.

----"The Case of the poor Canadians is really deplorable,
occasioned by the bankruptcy of the crown of France. Many of
them who had, with great danger and labour, acquired estates
worth 20,000 l. sterl. by the fur-trade, or otherwise, can
now scarce procure a dinner. All their remittances from
their mother country, consisted in bills on the French King,
which are not now worth one farthing, as no body whatever
will accept of them in payment. It is computed there is
above the value of 3,000,000 l. sterling of these useless
paper scraps, circulated through the colony, which, as a
reward to the wretched inhabitants for all their hardships
and fatigues, must now supply the place