In this section of Motion, we present an ongoing series of first-person travel narratives by notable voyagers from the near and distant past. Some will be well-known, others unfamiliar and perhaps even anonymous. What distinguishes them all, we believe, is the zest and energy with which they tell their tales of adventures large and small.

Our first offering comes from one Sarah Kemble Knight, an apparently fearless and forthright Bostonian woman of independent mind, a widow who almost three centuries ago saddled up and rode to New York City and back to settle legal matters relating to her family estate.

On Horseback From Boston To New York In 1704
by Sarah Kemble Knight