A Scamper Through America: Or, Fifteen Thousand Miles of Ocean and Continent in Sixty Days |
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... Dollar - New York Harbour - Custom House Troubles - First Impression of Streets - Elevated Railroad - Fifth Avenue Hotel -Magnificence and Filth - Manners and Customs- Aurora Borealis ... ... ... 24 27 29 ... DAY ELEVEN - Central Park ...
... Dollar - New York Harbour - Custom House Troubles - First Impression of Streets - Elevated Railroad - Fifth Avenue Hotel -Magnificence and Filth - Manners and Customs- Aurora Borealis ... ... ... 24 27 29 ... DAY ELEVEN - Central Park ...
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... to enter into intricate finan- cial transactions on a Sunday morning , for it became necessary to change our English money into the almighty dollar and its aliquot parts @ and multiplet . Much amusement as well as anxiety transpired.
... to enter into intricate finan- cial transactions on a Sunday morning , for it became necessary to change our English money into the almighty dollar and its aliquot parts @ and multiplet . Much amusement as well as anxiety transpired.
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... dollar bill , and I must reckon it equal to sixteen shillings , " " Quarter dollar or twenty - five cents , say equal to a shilling . " The fumbled , worn - out greenbacks were a sorry ex- change for our bright British sovereign , and ...
... dollar bill , and I must reckon it equal to sixteen shillings , " " Quarter dollar or twenty - five cents , say equal to a shilling . " The fumbled , worn - out greenbacks were a sorry ex- change for our bright British sovereign , and ...
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... pro- hibitory to possessors of English incomes ; two dollars from steamboat to hotel , and more than that from hotel to depôt ( railway station ) , being the very least if you have the luggage necessary for DAY ELEVEN . 37.
... pro- hibitory to possessors of English incomes ; two dollars from steamboat to hotel , and more than that from hotel to depôt ( railway station ) , being the very least if you have the luggage necessary for DAY ELEVEN . 37.
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... dollar extra . We tried the ordinary carriage on this occasion and found our first railway travelling in America very satisfactory , the fare being lower for the distance than at home , and the speed and comfort at least as good . We ...
... dollar extra . We tried the ordinary carriage on this occasion and found our first railway travelling in America very satisfactory , the fare being lower for the distance than at home , and the speed and comfort at least as good . We ...
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