Hey everybody! So my WIP is set in 19th c. Boston and is about the lives of Irish-Americans. I want to have them work in a stable in the city (either a liberty stable or one privately owned) and the docks, but I have some questions.
If you were a well-to-do Boston Brahmin living on Beacon Hill, where would you keep your horse? Would all of those houses have an individual stable? I assumed that most of them would have kept their horses at a local liberty stable, but I just wanted to make sure. Also, where would these horses graze? I know back in colonial days, the Boston Commons was where you could take animals to graze, but what about in the 1860s?
Also, when you went to the docks to find work (as many Irishmen did) who did you go and see? Like who was your boss that would hire you on?
I hope these questions don't sound stupid. I am doing a lot of research, but I'm having trouble finding out about particulars. Thanks! Have a nice day.
If you were a well-to-do Boston Brahmin living on Beacon Hill, where would you keep your horse? Would all of those houses have an individual stable? I assumed that most of them would have kept their horses at a local liberty stable, but I just wanted to make sure. Also, where would these horses graze? I know back in colonial days, the Boston Commons was where you could take animals to graze, but what about in the 1860s?
Also, when you went to the docks to find work (as many Irishmen did) who did you go and see? Like who was your boss that would hire you on?
I hope these questions don't sound stupid. I am doing a lot of research, but I'm having trouble finding out about particulars. Thanks! Have a nice day.