Herdic Phaeton Company Herdic Phaeton Company The Herdic Phaeton Company was a late 19th Century horse drawn stagecoach company in Washington, D.C. It started operations in December 1879, taking over for a horse-drawn chariot company that had operated unsuccessfully for three years. The company took its name from the chariot's designer Peter H. Herdic of Wilmington, Delaware. They ran plushy upholstered carriages from 22nd and G Streets NW along G Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to the Navy Yard competing directly with the Washington and Georgetown streetcars. The company was more successful than the chariot company and continued to expand until 1887. Lines were
French brig Phaeton (1804) French brig Phaeton (1804) The French brig "Phaeton" was a "Palinure"-class brig launched in 1804. The British captured her in 1806 and renamed her HMS "Mignonne". In 1807 they renamed her HMS "Musette". She was sold in 1814. "Phaéton" was stationed at Hellevoetsluis under the command of "lieutenant de vaisseau" Saulces de Freycinet. Between 7 September and 16 October 1805, she conducted a patrol in the North Sea. Shortly thereafter the French Navy dispatched her to the Antilles on a mission. On 25 March 1806, off Puerto Rico, "Phaéton" and her sister-ship "Voltigeur" encountered . Both sides exchanged fire for