coachman

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The coachman produced a pink box with a glass slipper inside, telling them: "I've come to find a princess."

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

“A Union of Hope,” the new exhibit in the Lower East Side museum, will include the recreated apartment of Joseph Moore, a coachman, and Rachel Moore, a housekeeper.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Head coachman Matthew Power said the "hairs go up on the back of your neck" on such an occasion, but it was important to stay calm and to stop the horses from getting nervous.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2023

On July 6, 1810, Tanner gave that amount to Joseph Dougherty, a coachman for Thomas Jefferson, who used it to purchase Tanner’s freedom from her owner, Rachel Pratt, who sold Tanner that same day.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022

The coachman was right: Ashton Place was a very grand house indeed.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood