Abbot-Downing and the Concord Coach: Historical New Hampshire/ by Elmer Munson Hunt.

Title:

Abbot-Downing and the Concord Coach: Historical New Hampshire/ by Elmer Munson Hunt.

Author:

Hunt, Elmer Munson,

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1949.

Physical Description:

p.4-22 : some illustrations.

Source:

Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1949 Vol. 5, (May 1949) Historical New Hampshire

Description:

The article presents a speech by New Hampshire Historical Society Director Elmer Munson Hunt, delivered at the National Luncheon of The Newcomen Society of England, held September 27, 1945 at the Eagle Hotel in Concord, New Hampshire. It focuses on the Concord-based stagecoach company Abbot-Downing & Co., run by wheelwright Lewis Downing and coach builder Stephen Abbot. It later became L. Downing & Sons. The author notes that the company built coaches for mail service company Wells Fargo & Co.

Subjects:

Periodicals History. , Stagecoaches. , New Hampshire state history.

People:

Hunt, Elmer Munson. , Downing, Lewis. , Abbot, J. Stephen.

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
Abbot-Downing & Co..

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