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Journey to Lowell.mp3Lowell is a long way away from your town, so you will have to take a stagecoach. You might travel for a full day, or even two or three, to get there. Imagine riding in a stagecoach (pictured below) “being well jolted over the rocks and hills of New Hampshire."
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stagecoach.mp4Secondary Source
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In the book Lyddie, the author tells us about Lyddie's journey to Lowell on a stagecoach. “[The] six of them were jammed into the carriage [stagecoach]. There was hardly room for any of them to move, yet the rolling and pitching of the coach seemed worse rather than better for the load. . . . Lyddie longed for a healthy smell of a farmyard. . . ."
Quote: Harriet Farley, "Letters from Susan," The Lowell Offering, Vol. IV, 1844. Secondary Source: Lyddie by Katherine Patterson, page 48.
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