The plaintiff in Hylton v US owned 125 "chariots for the conveyance of persons... exclusively for his own separate use." What in the world would someone do with 125 carriages if they weren't renting them out? Was carriage collecting an 18th century pastime in the way that car collecting is now?
by /u/Gradath in /r/AskHistorians
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