Travelling Expenses from Albany to Niagara Falls & Returning

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Date: 1823-1835
Author: Unidentified author
Purpose: Record of expenses
Materials: Ink on paper
Inscription:
Expences (sic) from Albany to Niagara Falls –

in company with Mr William Wilson . his Two

Daughters Anna . & Mary – Mr John S Walsh &

his Sisters , Catharine & Sarah & self –

Left Albany in a Post Coach with four Horses

belonging to Swan & Thorpe at $12. per Day –

 

August 6th -  Schenectady to Dinner -----                                           $ 3 . 75

Amsterdam Tea, lodgings etc  at Clutes  ---------                                   4.  25

            7 Conghnawaga (sic) . Corines  – breakfast ---                          2.  75

               Palatine . Bush’s -  to Dinner ---                                             3.  75

               Afternoon stops for Liquor ----                                                    37 ½

            8. Little Falls. Myers . Suppers . Lodgings,}

               & break fast------------------                                                      6.  75

               Canal passage from Little Falls to Utica etc                           6.  62 ½

            9. Utica . Baggs.  Dinner. Tea lodging and}

               break fast (sic) ------------------------------                               12.  31           

9. Canal passage from Utica to Chittining (sic)  }

                Dinner Tea etc---------                                                         17.  37

            10 Chittining. Careys. Tea & Lodging ---                                  2.  75

            10 Syracuse. Manns,  break fast (sic) ---                                    2.  25

                 Geddesburgh (sic) . nine mile Crut etc Liq r                             87

                 Elbridge                   Lunction (sic)-----                                 1. 00

  10.11&12 Auburn . Browns . from Saturday Evening }

                 to Monday morning ---------------                                        12. 62

      12 - Break fast . Mr Oliver. Cauga  bridge(sic) -----                     $  2.  50

            Dinner .  Falconers  _  Geneva ---                                               4.  69

            Liquor before we came to Canadagua & there                           1.  37 ½

     13th Tea, lodgings etc at Steeles,  Bloom field -----                           3.  25

             west  bloom fields (Lemons) -----                                                   37 ½

            Break fast, Hosmers -  at Avon ---                                              3.  00

            Caladonia  for  Liquor -----                                                              18 ½

     14.  Tea  Lodging at Le Roy at Hosmer ---                                       4.  56

     14. Break fast. At Holdens .  Batavia                                               3.  00

            Goss & Pembroke.   Liquor -----                                                 1.  18

            Eaglestons & at Crary’s Eleven mile Creek ---                           2.  57

     15 . Tea, breakfast & Lodging at Rathburn. Buffalo -                      7.  50

            Janervanto (sic?) ferry.  _ub & Chure etc etc ----                            50

            Niagara falls to cross the bridge to Goat Island Vhg n (sic)      1.  87 ½

     16.  Chryslers . Canada & Browns for hack hire to  }

            view the Battle ground etc etc & Liquor ---                               4.  87 ½

            ferriage (sic) to & from Canada ---                                             4.  00

     17.  Gen l. Whitney, bill (at the falls) ----                                         15. 00

            Break fast, Herseys . Lewistown ---                                           3.  25

            Jaye’s . Col Howells . & Warren                                                 2.  12 ½

            Night at Goodens’ ----                                                                            2.  00

            for a pilot with a Lanthern (sic) -----                                                75

     18.  Breakfast . Howels -  Oat (?)  Orchard . ridge road ---              2.  00

            along the way -----                                                                           50

            Dinner.  Doct r Baldwin’s . Clarkson four Corners -                  2.  50

     19.  Tea & Lodging at Bristols’ – Parma 4 Corners ---                              $  3.  82

     19.  Breakfast. Lemon aid (sic) & Dinner at Christopher’s .  Rochester--    6.12 ½

     20   Tea. Lodgings, etc at Mr Farland , _ . Pittsford ---                                3.  68

     20. Breakfast  Doct r Beachs ,  Victor -----                                                  2.  00

            Canadagua. Lunction (sic) etc at Meades ---                                          1.  62

            Stop at Seneca ---                                                                                         37 ½

     21   Tea . Lodging & breakfast at Falconer Geneva -                                    7.  00

            Cauga bridge 2/ & at Goodwins 3/ ---                                                         62

            Auburn to visit State prison ---                                                               1.  75

    22.   Dinner Tea & Lodging at Browns ,  Auburn ---                                     7.  31

            Breakfast at Gardiners – at Elbridge                                                      2.  50

            St. Camillus orint etc ---                                                                               25

            Dinner at Mann’s – Syracuse ---                                                             3.  56

            Passage .  Canal boat from Syracuse to Chittining (sic) --                      4.  00

    23.   Tea . lodging & breakfast . Cary’s Chittiningo --                                   5.  6

    23.   Dinner . Dyers – at Vernon---                                                                 3.  63

    24.   Tea lodging. & break fast . Wells at Utica ---                                         6.  29

    24.  Passage. Canal boat from Utica to little falls _ _ _  _ ---                         3.  75

            Dinner at Little falls ----                                                                          3.  6

            Lemon Aid (sic) at Loyds (sic) ---                                                               44

    25.   Tea. Lodging, & break fast. Mrs Bush. Palatine -                                  6.  42

            Dinner . Clutes at Amsterdam ----                                                          3.  25

            Liquor at Triper hill etc -----                                                                         37

    26.   Tea lodging & break fast at Givens, Schenectady                              $  8.  00

            Lunction (sic) at Yeanley’s  . Niskeuna (sic) ---                                     2.  25

            At Nutts . Watervleit (sic) ----                                                                                 50

 

 

 

                                                                                                                        $ 243. 17

                                                                        coach hire ------                          252. 00

                                                                                                                        $ 495. 17        

 

                                                                                                Copy of Travelling

                                                                                                Expences(sic) from Albany

                                                                                                To Niagara falls

                                                                                                & returning   -

Credit: Albany Institute of History & Art Library
Catalogue Number: GQ 78-14, f24