packet boat
Example Sentences
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The grueling trip will require enduring three tedious weeks of crude travel conditions via coal-fueled locomotive, mule-drawn Erie Canal packet boat, steamship and wagon train.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023
But if I hadn’t kept a close eye on our son, he would have ended up on a packet boat to New Guinea.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2012
Maggie, Kate, Leah, Mother, and Calvin traveled by packet boat over 200 miles east to Albany, the capital city of New York State.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
She, Lizzie, and two female friends boarded a nighttime Erie Canal packet boat.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
From what I can learn of the King's character, I am persuaded, that a present from Congress of a handsome fast sailing packet boat would be very acceptable, and consequently very useful.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various
