Hawks 2: Alone in the City

1862: Dr. Hawks makes her way South, towards mission work with the freedmen… 

~ CIVIL WAR DIARY of Esther Hill Hawks ~

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Thank goodness for online archives of historical imagery!

• Hansom cabs were still novelties in New York of the early 1860s.
  At that time, a ride cost up to 75 cents per hour (1-2 people).
  In 2013, CentralPark.com books rides at $110 per 45 minutes.
• Lovejoys Hotel (courtesy Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper) appears in this discussion of the 1864 New York hotel bombing plots.