Way Bill: Lexington, Virginia, by Bush and Belt.

• imprint_number: 1815.051
• title: Way bill. Furnished at the Eagle Tavern, Lexington, Virginia, by Bush and Belt ... Harrisonburg Printing Office, Lawrence Wartmann, printer.
• sequence_number: 51
• year: 1815
• place_issued: Harrisonburg
• issuing_press: Lawrence Wartmann
• author: Bush & Belt [firm].
• notes: Sheet is a four-column table listing distances and carriage rates to/from the various locations along the Bush & Belt stage route from Lexington, Virginia, to Lexington, Kentucky.
  Imprint lacks date; Hummel suggested a date of "ca. 1810," however, Wartmann did not take control of the Harrisonburg press until late 1815; that date is supplied here, despite the clear possibility that it could have issued anytime between 1815 and 1840, when the printer died.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Laurentz Wartmann

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