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FOR / New York / THE STEAMBOAT PROVIDENCE / CAPT. CHILDS
broadside
ADVERTISINGUSA, RI, Providence
1836
22.00 x 18.00 x 0
Broadside, advertising steamboat service to NY; white w/black letters, w/facsimile of early steamboat in center: "FOR/ New York/ THE STEAMBOAT/ PROVIDENCE/ CAPT. CHILDS,/ Will leave the Rail-Road Depot, at India Point,/ Providence, on Wednesday 7 September/ at 4 o'clock,PM. 1836./ Fare $5 and Found./ Printed by Knowles, Vose & Co., 15 Market Square, Providence." Scribbled in pencil in various places: "Lanceolate/ Eggshaped/ Lobed/ Orate/ Liniate/ Evening Primrose". PROVIDENCE aka LITTLE PROVIDENCE (bu 1823 at Newport, RI; operated from New Haven, Providence, and along L.I. Sound; barged in 1843).
1953.3650