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Subject:	Re: 18th-century carriages
From:	"W. Scott Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:48:49 -0500
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> Do any 18th-century carriages survive of the sort used by the VA
> gentry?  Or does anyone know of a reconstructed example?


The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (www.cwf.org) has several
carriages in its collection (these would have been used by
residents such as Governor John Murray, Earl Dunmore).

Mount Vernon has a coach in their collection
http://www.mountvernon.org/groundstour/coach_house.asp

WSB Smith
Lynchburg, Virga.

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