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Re: This just in ...
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Gabriel Orgrease <[log in to unmask]>
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plz practice conservation of histo presto eye blinks <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:27:26 -0500
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[log in to unmask] wrote:
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> ...the 1869 New York City directory lists 227 ostlers, and 620 coachmen.
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> By contrast, the 1890 directory of New York City lists 1465 ostlers, 
> but only 811 coachmen. 
>  
c,

Curious, an outbreak of ostlers? What was the increase in horses? Were 
there technical improvements in carriages that made coachmen less needed?

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