Articles of the Roxborough Express Horse Company

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GLC#
GLC01366
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
circa 1840
Title
Articles of the Roxborough Express Horse Company
Place Written
Roxborough, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 47.1 cm, Width: 32.7 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Contains 19 articles discussing the organization and function of the Roxborough Express Horse Company, including appointment of officers and responsibilities of members. Outlines the purpose of the company: "recovering Horses stolen within our District, and detecting and prosecuting the Thieves." Contains an illustration of two men on horseback shooting at another man on horseback, presumably a horse thief, at the top of the page. A previous assessment of this document estimated the date of creation to be 1840. Has a patterned border.

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