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The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Reports on rapid coach travel in England: Defiance Coach covers 170 miles from London to Exeter in 18 hours and 220 miles to Plymouth in 23 hours, competing with subscription coach to arrive 4 hours early; Liverpool to Manchester route completed in 2 hours 15 minutes with quick horse changes.
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The Defiance Coach left London on Thursday evening last, at five o'clock, and arrived at Pratt's Old London Inn, in Exeter, the following morning at ten—thus performing a journey of one hundred and seventy miles in eighteen hours!!! The same guard proceeded with the coach to Plymouth, where it arrived at 3 o'clock the same afternoon, having, in the space of twenty three hours travelled the astonishing distance of two hundred and twenty miles!!! The subscription, which leaves London at the same hour as the Defiance, also came in with it; and since that day, both coaches have regularly arrived together, four hours before the usual time of completing the journey, so great is the competition between them. What would our forefathers say to this, could they rise from their graves, and retrace the days when even the following excited wonder—"Safe and expeditious travelling—to London and back in two weeks?"—Exeter Alfred.
The 33 miles between Liverpool and Manchester, (England) are performed by coaches in two hours and three quarters! Half a minute is allowed for changing horses, at which eight persons are employed, four to remove the horses, and four to place fresh ones to the coach.
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defiance coach: london to exeter (170 miles) in 18 hours; to plymouth (220 miles) in 23 hours; both coaches arrive 4 hours early due to competition. liverpool to manchester (33 miles) in 2 hours 15 minutes.
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The Defiance Coach left London on Thursday evening last at five o'clock and arrived at Pratt's Old London Inn in Exeter the following morning at ten, performing 170 miles in 18 hours. It continued to Plymouth, arriving at 3 o'clock the same afternoon, totaling 220 miles in 23 hours. The subscription coach, leaving at the same time, arrived together, and both have since arrived four hours before usual time due to competition. The 33 miles between Liverpool and Manchester are performed by coaches in two hours and three quarters, with half a minute for changing horses using eight persons.