Scott, The Library of Congress maintains a digitized database of hundreds of historic newspapers via the site Chronicling America. May I suggest cross-referencing daily NYC papers and/or from specific borough Clemens/Twain was visiting / staying re: specific day in 1854 to get minimally a daily schedule of transportation options Clements/Twain may have had available? I am not familiar with specifics of Twain's visit & correspondence from New York but possibly there was a special ferry or other excursion advertised that Clemens/Twain wrote about? https://tinyurl.com/NYCnewspapers1854LOC <https://tinyurl.com/NYCnewspapers1854LOC> 29 digitized historic newspapers from New York state maintained by LOC's site. A cursory review looks like several should have available issues from 1854. A close sifting through of these newspapers may yield something helpful. JHM On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 1:58 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Rather than omnibuses, I found this bit: > > The horse-drawn streetcar was the standard mode of mass transit in New > York City for over fifty years until steam (starting in 1883) and > electric (1890) powered trolleys edged onto the scene, followed by the > growth of the subway starting in 1903. The era of the horse-drawn > streetcar ended on July 26, 1917 with the closure of the Bleecker Street > line. By 1912, cars outnumbered horses in New York City, and trolleys > met their demise at the hands of the automobile and Robert Moses several > decades later. > > > https://www.villagepreservation.org/2018/11/14/the-birth-of-mass-transit-in-nyc/ > > > On 7/6/23 10:41, Scott Holmes wrote: > > Thank you very much for this Washington DC color. I thought I had a > > copy of your book but couldn't find one, so I ordered a copy. I had > > referenced it in my entry for Washington DC in 1854 but failed to > > include anything about transportation. This still does not answer my > > problem with Manhattan, however. I have a large blank space on my map > > of Manhattan. Given that Twain spent a great deal of time in New York > > City, I would like to address how he got around while there. > > > > On 7/6/23 06:36, John H. Muller wrote: > >> Scott, > >> > >> Here's a blog post from several years ago that briefly looks at Twain's > >> 1854 visit to Washington City and his self-reported travels on a DC > >> omnibus. > >> https://ggwash.org/view/31617/in-1854-tod-meant-proximity-to-omnibus > >> > >> I didn't include in the article context that DC's omnibus system was > >> much > >> smaller in range and younger in existence than the system in NYC. > >> > >> Good luck with your research. > >> > >> John Muller > >> author, *Mark Twain in Washington, D.C. * > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 2:53 PM Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> I would appreciate any leads on just how Sam traveled in Manhattan. > >>> There does not seem to be any maps of railroads on the island but there > >>> are ferry terminals. I must assume that he used omnibuses. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > >>> > >> > -- > /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/ > -- John Muller https://tinyurl.com/LostHistoryTours 202.236.3413 Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Washington Syndicate l Washington Informer *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia <http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G>* [The History Press, 2012] Winner of 2013 DC READS *Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent* <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, 2013]