June 10, 1887. Independent Advertiser (Nyack, N.Y.)
Obituary. Samuel A. Vervalen Samuel A. Vervalen died at his residence on Front Street, in this village on Wednesday morning having nearly completed the seventy-seventh year of his age. He was the oldest of three brothers, two of whom survive him. He had been suffering for two or three years from heart troubles, but as he was precise and methodical in his habits he had not been considered in immediate danger. An attack of indigestion and other trouble threw a strain on the system that caused paralysis of the heart. Captain Sammy, as he was familiarly called, being by trade a ship builder, visited this village from Tappan in the winter of 1834. He assisted in building the “Adilade,” and from that time made Haverstraw his home. He became Pilot of the steamboat “Rockland” then running from here; afterward Pilot of the “Warren,” (the successor of the “Orange”) of which he was also Captain. He was associated with the memorable Captain Isaac P. Smith, and the lamented Capt. Richard A. Blanch. He was associated with his brother, R. A. Vervalen, in the foundry and machine works. He was a steadfast and reliable friend and was a general favorite among his river friends, always ready to lend his aid. Often when Mr. Conklin was unable to be at his post he would take his position at the wheel of the “Chrystenah." Plain and unostentatious in his manner there was cheer in his voice and presence. His loss will be felt by many in the community who will ever hold him in kind remembrance. The remains were interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, N. Y. — Haverstraw Sentinel
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September 24, 1891, Saugerties Weekly Post (Saugerties, N.Y.)
The sloop "Addison", built at Coxsackie in 1819, is still in use, carrying North River bluestone. At one time her load draft was over ten feet, the depth of hold being only six feet seven inches. When Hewitt Boyce, her present owner, purchased her he had a portion of the keel taken off and a centerboard inserted. She draws only nine feet now. She was built to run for a packet between New York and Albany, and in her palmy days was considered one of the speediest boats on the river. March 31, 1892. Saugerties Weekly Post (Saugerties, N.Y.) Guernsey B. Betts, one of the best known and most skillful of Hudson River pilots; when the "Mary Powell" was built he was engaged as pilot, and with the exception of one year, when he went with the steamer 'Vibbard", he remained with the Queen of the Hudson for 26 years. In 1883 he left the Powell and went as pilot of the steamer "James W. Baldwin", which position he retained until the time of his death. December 12, 1892. Rockland County Journal (Nyack, N.Y.)
No trace has as yet been found of the missing man who stole Capt. Van Wart's money from his brick sloop, Demarest, on Tuesday morning. The captain seriously feels the loss of his watch and money, even if the watch was a silver one. June 10, 1899. Rockland County Journal (Nyack, N.Y.) CAPT. WOOLSEY RETIRES. He Has Sold His Boat, Built in Nyack in 1851. The following item is from the Newburgh News; Captain George D. Woolsey has sold his vessel, the Samsondale, and has retired to private life. The Samsondale was built at Nyack In 1851, and was one of the most powerful and one of the fastest sloops on river and sound. She was 95 feet long over all, and 70 feet on the keel. Her mast had a length of 88 feet and when she carried a topmast it was 50 feet long. The boom was 75 feet, the gaff 40 and the bowsprit 40. These figures indicate an Immense spread of sail. The Captain always kept his boat in fine trim, and when in a hurry he could make every ounce of wind count. The Samsondale has beaten many a crack yacht on the sound. Captain Woolsey knows the river and sound, rocks and shoals, tides and currents, like a book, besides being an expert sailing-master and navigator. November 11, 1899. Rockland County Journal (Nyack, N.Y.)
BIG SLOOPS ON THE HUDSON. What an Old Man Says of Them in Former Times. An old river man expresses surprise that so much ado should have been made over the length of the spars of the Columbia and Shamrock. "Why," said he, "when I sailed the Hudson our spar was just ninety-nine feet high, and we carried a topmast of fifty-six feet. We thought nothing of this big spread of sail in those days and we were never known to take in full reefs at that, for those big single stick sloops were unmanageable almost unless under full spread of canvass. Now there's the Columbia's spar which is 100 feet 8 inches with a topmast 64 feet, that carries the total length up to 170 feet, not mentioning, of course, a club topsail stick, and the newspapers and magazines are making a great hullabaloo over the immense sticks and the great spread of her canvas. Why, I remember distinctly the sloop Tanner, which hailed from Saugerties, about eight miles above Kingston, having a spar 100 feet tall, only eight Inches less than the Columbia, and carrying a topmast 58 feet long, and the Tanner was only one of the general class of big freight sloops that sailed the Hudson and the East coast up to twenty years ago. The big spread of canvas these sloops carried was looked upon as commonplace and very few of them had spars less than 100 feet in length." TO BE SOLD At Public Auction, The 24th April, on the Premises, *** Also a fine cedar built sloop, 50 feet keel, 20 feet beam and 6 feet hold; will be well finished and can be launched in 3 or 4 days, she is of an easy draft of water, roomy deck for horses, ceil'd waste quarter and main deck laid in one length. For farther information enquire as above, or Joshua Mersereau jun. at the Morning Star, Staten Island, where said vessel may be seen and examined. *** Daily Advertiser (New York, New York), April 14, 1786 For Albany, The well-accommodated Sloop DIANA William Latimer, Master, WILL Sail by the 10th of April, and constantly ply between Norwich and Albany, and in her Passage to and from said Ports will touch at New-London and New-York. Said sloop has excellent accommodations for Gentlemen and Ladies. For Freight or Passage apply to said Master, on Board, or Capt. Joshua Norman, in Norwich Norwich, March 28, 1786 Connecticut Gazette; and the Universal Intelligencer. (New London, Connecticut), April 14, 1786 THOMAS ALLEN's Marine LIST. Thursday, April 6th. Pleasant, serene morning. *** Saturday, 8th *** Sloop ----, Jenkins, Hudson, [reported at St. Eustacia, with about 12 Sloops and Schooners belonging to Long Island] *** Pray good Mr. Farmers nurse your Lambs and let us have them early and fat, for which, as encouragement, your old Friend at the City Coffee House, will give you a generous price. Connecticut Gazette; and the Universal Intelligencer. (New London, Connecticut) April 14, 1786 TO BE SOLD At Public Auction, The 24th April, on the Premises, *** Also a fine cedar built sloop, 50 feet keel, 20 feet beam and 6 feet hold; will be well finished and can be launched in 3 or 4 days, she is of an easy draft of water, roomy deck for horses, ceil'd waste quarter and main deck laid in one length. For father information enquire as above, or Joshua Mersereau jun. at the Morning Star, Staten Island, where said vessel may be seen and examined. *** Daily Advertiser (New York, New York), April 14, 1786 1786-05-13 Providence Gazette RI For New-York, Hudson, and Albany, The Sloop Joanna, Benjamin Allen, Master. She is about 40 tons burthen, has genteel accommodations for passengers, and will sail on or about the 20th instant. For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, at Messieurs Clark and Nightingale’s lower Wharff. Providence, May 12, 1786 NAVAL-OFFICE, Port of MIDDLETOWN. Entered In. *** Cleared Out. *** [Sloop] Ranger, Thomas Shalor, Albany. Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), July 3, 1786 NAVAL-OFFICE Port of MIDDLETOWN. Entered In. *** Cleared Out. *** [Sloop] Polly, N. Chauncey, jun. Albany *** Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), July 17, 1786 ENTERED. *** Sloop Sally, Sabin, Trinidad *** New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine (New Haven, Connecticut) 1786-08-26 Daily Advertiser. Copy of a letter from Capt. Stewart Dean, of the Sloop Experiment, on her voyage from New-York to Canton in the East-Indies, to his owners. St. Jago, January 20, 1786. Gentlemen, I am happy to inform you of my safe arrival at this place, after a passage of 32 days. I have had the misfortune of loosing the greatest part of my stock on the passage, owing to the very bad weather I have had; however I have replaced it, but at a dear rate, owing to the number of ships here – have examined the vessel’s hold, and find her cargo as dry as when we left New-York. The vessel does not make as much water as we drink. I shall said to-morrow morning, on my intended voyage; and you may rest assured, that nothing on my part shall be wanting, to make the voyage equal to your wishes. I am your most obedient, humble servant, Stewart Dean. N.B. Just now came n here a Dutch East-Indiaman, dismasted; two Dutch men of war arrived with me, one of which lost her top-masts. Four ships here for India. 1786-08-30 Connecticut Journal - New Haven New-Haven, August 30. Wednesday last, a barn at Cheshire, was struck by lightning, set on fire and entirely consumed, with a quantity of grain, hay, & c. owned by Mr. Ephraim Hotchkiss. The lightning also struck several trees in that town. Sunday last, Captains Thomas and Hughs, arrived in short passages from St. John, New-Brunswick; they brought a number of passengers, and papers of a late date, but they contain nothing material. Port of New-Haven. Entered, Sloop Julius Caesar, Silliman, Port-au-Prince. Sloop Bacon, Lewis, St. Eustatia Brig Geroge, Leak, St. Martins. Cleared, Brig Charming Polly, Vinebles, Jamaica Sloop Sally, Sabin, Albany THE Subscriber takes this method to inform the public, that the SLOOP LYDIA, Capt. Thomas Nickerson, of Red-Hook, a gentleman of reputable character; will sail for the West-Indies the last of this month, and purposes to try the markets at several islands; takes in horses and other freight, at the customary prices; supposed best for the shipper to send well matched spans or good saddle horses, some well grown three year old Colts, not docked. Any person inclining to venture on board said sloop, will please to apply within ten days, to S 9 JOHN PRIDE. Poughkeepsie, Sept. 12th, 1786. Country Journal (Poughkeepsie, New York), September 20, 1786 Docked: "To shorten (the tail of a horse, dog, etc.) by cutting off one or more of the extreme caudal vertebræ." We hear that a sloop from Esopus, bound to this city, was lost near the Highlands, in the late storm, and it is feared many of the hands perished. Daily Advertiser (New York, N. Y.), October 11, 1786, p. 2, col. 3 We are authorised to assure the public, that the account of an unhappy disaster, said to have befallen a sloop from Aesopus in the storm of Thursday night last, mentioned in several of the late papers, is entirely without foundation; no sloop having set sail from thence, nor any mischief taken place in the North river within the knowledge of either of the masters of vessels since arrived from Albany and other towns in that river. New-York Journal, October 12, 1786 NAVAL-OFFICE, Port of MIDDLETOWN. Entered In. *** Cleared Out. Sloop Gull, E. Merrow, Albany. *** Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), October 30, 1786 NAVAL-OFFICE
Port of MIDDLETOWN, Entered In. *** Cleared Out. *** [Sloop] Friendship, S. Smith, S. Carolina. *** Sloop Polly, N. Brown, jun. Albany. Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), November 20, 1786 During the continuance of the late severe frost, when few or no wood boats could come to town, a great number of families were much distressed for the want of fuel, which rose to a most enormous price; and still keeps up extravagantly high, tho' the weather has considerably moderated, and many wood boats have arrived, which sold their loads to great advantage. The corporation of the city, sent out a great number of sleighs, to bring wood out of the country, for the relief of the inhabitants. Independent Gazette, or the New-York Journal Revived (New York, N. Y.), January 24, 1784 TO BE SOLD, At public vendue, on Wednesday the 10th of March next, if not disposed of before at private sale; THAT excellent House and Store, belonging to the estate of the late Theodorus Van Wyck, Esc; and in which he lived. -- Its situation is most delightful, commanding a view of the shipping, and of Long-Island, never to be obstructed, as it faces the Coenties market place. -- It has great conveniences, the lot running through into Duke-street, where the stores are adapted for loading and unloading carts. -- It is an excellent stand for business, more especially for those connected with the North-river and Jersey trades. To those who know this city, all encomiums are needless; and strangers may receive every necessary information, by applying to Mrs. Helena Van Wyck, at No. 33, corner of William-street, Maiden-lane. Independent Gazette, or the New-York Journal Revived (New York, N. Y.), February 14, 1784 p. 74 [mid-January, 1784] Tired from the toil of the trip [from Philadelphia, through New Jersey] and having formed some acquaintances in New York, I thought I would visit Boston and then return to New York, whence I would embark for England. The harshness of the winter held me suspended for some time and finally made me change the plan. The sound and the rivers (p. 75) remained frozen for along time, obstructing all navigation, and the roads, although covered with snow, became impassable with the frequent thaws -- neither sledge nor wheels could attempt them. So I decided to remain here 8ntil the weather improved and I moved to better lodging, at Maiden Lane No. 9, the home of Mr. Ellsworth and an excellent private inn, paying seven pesos fuertes weekly (not including fire and liquor) for myself. The servant I had brought from Philadelphia, who was obligated to serve me for two and a half years, escaped a few days after my arrival here. I had bought him for ten guineas in Philadelphia, on board an Irish ship bearing a cargo of more than three hundred male and female slaves. John Dean (his name) was born in Scotland and was about sixteen years old; he seemed to me honest and without mischievousness, but the event proved the contrary. *** p. 81 On the twentieth of February I set out on another foray, this one to West Point, with the intention of seeing this celebrated place and the neighboring areas, scenes of military actions in the recent war. At two o'clock in the afternoon, provided with letters of recommendation given me by Governor Clinton, my friend Colonel Hamilton, General McDougall, Mr. Parker, etc., (p. 82) I started out on my sledge, accompanied by Cornet Taylor. At three o'clock we reached the country house of Colonel Robert Morris, ten miles from New York, one of the handsomest and most pleasing of its type that I have seen in America, as much for its location as for the neatness and taste with which it was built. Two miles farther are Land Hill and Laurel Hill, where we stopped and climbed up to Fort Washington, situated on the former, where I had the pleasure of viewing again the famous British lines I have mentioned. Three miles ahead we crossed Kings Bridge, and traveling another mile, we arrived at Courtland House, where we were very well received and were lodged for the night of the General and her two younger sons, Early in the morning we sallied forth and, covering the distance of fourteen miles over extremely broken and hilly ground, reached White Plains, where we had breakfast in a small tavern, the only house remaining there, and then proceeded to visit the posts and positions of the American and British armies that operated on said ground in September, 1776. *** Four miles farther is another small river, the Sawmill, over which there is a wooden bridge, and one mile farther the small town of Tarrytown, on the North River. On the highway near Tarrytown is a large tree marking the spot where Major André was arrested by three young, rustic militiamen, an incident that produced so much clatter afterwards. From there they took him to New Salem, ten miles distant, and thence to West Point, ten miles farther on. Nine miles from Tarrytown is New Bridge, a well-built wooden structure over the Croton River, the waters of which are quite abundant. Here we ate middlingly in a rural tavern and, following our route on a road that is everywhere broken, hilly, and covered with rocks, at sunset reached Peekskill, a village of some twenty or thirty small houses on the North River ten miles farther on. Here we came upon a mediocre tavern and a most comical scene between a squire of the locality, a justice of the peace, and a drunk who thrust himself into the tavern and insulted them in a thousand ways. Nobody dared to restrain or throw him out, notwithstanding said insulted personages comprised the police of the town and manifested a desire to do so. The next day we continued our journey over the ice of the North River, the surface of which had the appearance of a very handsome and polished lamina. The ice must have been two feet thick, and the snow on top of this one and a half feet; we did not have the least misgivings about danger, for, although it has broken (p. 84) many times in those places where the wind introduces itself between the surface of the water and the mass of ice, the way was already so beaten with the multitude of sledges which came and went on the river that there was no basis for the least care. I assure you ingenuously that this entire spectacle seemed to me one of the strangest one can see in nature. Both shores of the river are extremely elevated and the surface of its waters quite extensive, so that to look at the height of the mountains while one is traveling on the river, or, on the other hand, to observe from the heights the carriages on the ice, is a magnificent and extraordinary scene; the objects look so small in the midst of these majestic strokes of mature that the sledge and horses seemed to me the playthings of a child drawn by a pair of lap dogs. At ten o'clock in the morning we arrived at West Point and directed our steps to the tavern there, without anybody investigating or caring to know who the newly arrived strangers were -- one of the most pleasant circumstances enjoyed in a free country. *** At eleven o'clock, after a second breakfast, Mr. Taylor and I went to visit the commander of the post, to whom we presented our credentials and who received us with the greatest hospitality and attention, obliging us to take lodging in his own house. [They tour the facility.] p. 86 From here we ascended the near-by mountain which commands Fort Clinton and the plain in which is located the main buildings, that is, the quarters, the house of the commandant, store houses, etc.; there I saw Fort Putnam (also takes its name from the colonel who began its construction), which follows Fort Clinton in solidity and strength, although it is much smaller, and is the work of the American General Kosciusko, a Pole by birth, who came to this continent at the time of the revolution. A series of mountains which mutually dominate one another make these positions seem very precarious defenses, to which one adds that the productions of art in fortifying them are neither ingenious nor of much soundness. *** Having finished the visit of all these positions, we retired, around three o'clock to the house of the commander, Colonel Hull, who gave us a good meal. In the evening we enjoyed the (p. 87) company of the ladies of the garrison, who, because of the novelty of foreigners, came to have tea with Mrs. Hull. The next day, after breakfast, we resumed our military visit . . . , ascending the mountain with no little difficulty and toil, for it is quite high and perpendicular and was covered with snow and ice, we reached Points No. 1, 2, 3, and 4, in a circumference of five miles around the entire post. These are still more redoubts, the ramparts of which can barely support light artillery. A series of commanding grounds surrounding this post have produced such a number of weak advance works that the higher parts, which ought to be the strongest, are the weakest. Our visit this day ended at a wooden blockhouse on the river, very well built and the most advanced work in that part, and at three-thirty, not a little tired, we reached the lodging of Major of Artillery Doughty, who gave us a very good meal. In the evening we drank tea and had supper at the house of the artillery commander, Major Bauman, who likewise treated us very well. Early the next day we crossed the river in a sledge and visited the fortifications on Constitution Island, which consist of three very strong redoubts (very well built and located in dominant places) protecting the great chain and the passage of the river in that spot. We made an observation there: cutting the ice in the middle of the channel, we found it to be two and a half feet thick. We crossed the river to the location called the Ferry and, ascending a mountain extremely high and difficult of access, visited North and South Forts, medium redoubts located in very dominant places; from them an immense prospectus over vast lands and the North River is revealed. *** p. 88 At the foot of these heights and two miles from West Point is the house of General McDougall (formerly of Colonel Robinson), and here we alighted at three o'clock. His son the Colonel, at the time the only one there, gave us a very good meal; certainly the best apples I have ever tasted, I ate there that day (called pippins, and those of this area are very special). *** West Point is the most advantageous position that could be selected to cut off the navigation of the river, because, in addition to the narrowness of the latter at that spot, it turn it makes forces every vessel to shift sails and consequently reduce its speed, at which time the obstacles and batteries already mentioned can destroy it very easily. An attack upon the post by land would have been of more probable success, but, as the army always maintained such a position of coming to its aid in case of necessity, this was not possible either. The location is extremely romantic and majestic in the higher parts. Butter Hill, contiguous to it, rises twelve hundred feet above the surface of the river. One also sees from West Point the Catskill Mountains, the highest in this part of the continent. *** p. 89 Early on the twenty-sixth, after a light breakfast, we started out on our return to New York by way of Jersey, with the intention of seeing the Passaic cascade. *** Major Doughty, Mr. Taylor and I accommodated ourselves very well in two sledges and went down the river over the ice, like lightning. Five miles from West Point, on the west bank, are the ruins of Fort Montgomery and on the opposite bank, the extremity called Anthony's nose, upon which had been fixed a chain in order to cut off the navigation of the river, protected by said fort, the loss of which resulted in the Americans' forming the idea of fortifying and establishing West Point. Continuing our Laplandish route over the ice, we arrived at Verplancks Point, seven miles farther down, where we went on land. Going about two miles, we reached Kings Ferry, opposite Stony Point, where there is a redoubt, capacious and very well built (perhaps the best I have even seen of its kind), called Lafayette. Also in this vicinity is the encampment the American and French armies occupied in 1782 upon their withdrawal from Virginia, after the capture of Cornwallis, etc. *** p. 90 From Kings Ferry we crossed the river over the ice, with no slight misgiving, for in some places the water penetrated and the ice was known to be quite thin, but comforting us were a good guide we had in front and stick in the hand to support ourselves should our feet open a large hole. So we all crossed on foot, sending before us the sledge and horses for greater safety. The river in this spot is something more than a mile wide. In a poor tavern there we found some fresh fish (just caught in the river through a hole made for this purpose in the ice), from which we asked them to prepare something to eat while we visited the place. Stony Point is on the west bank of the North River, exactly in front of Fort Lafayette, and is by its shape and location one of the most advantageous positions for fortifications that nature has formed. It completely commands what ground there is within (p. 91) the reach of cannon and by its configuration naturally flanks all the avenues by which it can be attacked. So with very little help from art one can erect there the strongest fortification that can be imagined. At present there is only a small fort of earth and wood there, which was what the Americans reduced it to after having taken it and ruined its fortifications, but one still sees very distinctly the lines, moats, etc. of these as they were built by the British, and I assure you ingenuously that, having examined them well and meditated upon the matter, I cannot conceive how the operation of the capture was effected, and with such little cost. The garrison consisted of eight hundred well-regulated troops, a number sufficient for its defense. We should not resort to the subterfuge of saying they were taken by surprise, knowing that the advance posts gave the alarm in time and fired upon the attacking American parties. The strength of the latter amounted in all to twelve hundred men, selected and led by General Wayne. *** The losses were sixty dead and forty wounded on the part of the British, thirty dead and seventy wounded for the Americans. *** These circumstances leave me in no doubt that this was one of the most brilliant feats of its kind one can find in military history. Our military investigations completed, we returned to the tavern, where we found the meal we had ordered already prepared with the addition of potatoes, good butter, and abundant cider. Our appetites were well disposed and so we are grandly, in the country style. Soon afterward we took to the road, for it was already two o'clock. Our friends and companions (p. 92) recrossed the river, to take their sledge (which had remained in Fort Lafayette) and return to West Point; Mr. Taylor and I took ours and continued our journey to Passaic Falls. About two miles farther on, near the riverbank, is the house of Mr. Smith, where Major André stopped off and held his final conference with General Arnold, it is quite capacious, new, and of good architecture. Three miles further on we found the small town of Haverstraw, situated exactly on the bank of the North river, where we noticed an enormous quantity of firewood; this was to be sent to New York whenever the ice should desist and permit the navigation of the river, because so great a shortage was being experienced there that a cartload of firewood was worth twenty or thirty pesos. We continued seven miles to Clarkstown, which has about fifteen houses in its vicinity; here we stopped to give food to the horses and warm ourselves a bit, for the cold pressed upon us like a demon. As darkness came, having traveled seven miles farther, we reached Orangetown (some call it Tappan, from the name of the district), the inhabitants of which are contained in sixteen houses. We spent the night in a Dutch inn there. Here one can see the position where the American army was encamped in 1781 where the unfortunate André was hanged. I have seen the room where he was imprisoned, people who gave him assistance, and the site of the execution. His body was buried at the foot of the gallows, and his sepulcher remains there, with two ordinary flat stones without inscription or mark indicating the least remembrance of his fame. I do not doubt, having examined the matter thoroughly and gathered the most authentic information, that the plan of the project which led him to the mentioned punishment was his production entirely, based on the intimate friendship he had formed in Philadelphia with Mrs. Arnold (then Miss Shippen), which channel seemed to him, and without doubt was, the most suitable for managing the conspiracy. The result revealed very clearly that he did not lack ability for closet machination and intrigue, but at the same time lets us know (p. 93) he was not the man for its execution, for he did not have that presence of mind which is indipensable for handling critical moments. The way that Arnold played his role (that is, knowing through a letter that André had been arrested, he escaped, without the loss of a moment, from the midst of all his enemies, over a million hazards) forms quite quite singular and characteristic contrast of the temper and spirit of both men. *** p. 95 May 28, 1784. At five thirty in the afternoon, I set sail from Albany Pier, New York, on the sloop Schuyler, Captain Willet, for Albany. The passengers were two Frenchmen, three American men, and two American women of fairly good manners and not unsociable. With a lazy wind from the south we went up the North River and passed several delightful and very well situated country houses, outstanding among them those of Mr. Lespenard, Mr. Montier, Mr. Eliot, Mr. W. Bayard, Mr. Oliver DeLancey, Etc. The wind having changed to the north, we cast (p. 96) anchor in Tappan Bay, thirty-six miles from New York, at seven o'clock in the morning. [May] 29. We remained here the entire day, with the sole recourse of our small society and some books, for the wind was blowing too strongly for us to venture to disembark for a walk on land. [May] 30. The wind having calmed a bit, we set sail at four o'clock in the morning and, aided by the tide, arrived at eight o'clock at Haverstraw, four miles farther on, where it was necessary for us to drop anchor again, the wind having increased too much. Around nine-thirty most of us went on land and took a good walk. The Frenchman and I ate in a poor but clean tavern, and I had an adventure with a shepherdess in the manner of the shepherd Phido, but with greater success. The wind having fallen and the tide rising in our favor, we set sail at four o'clock, in the afternoon. At the setting of the sun we were off Stony Point and Fort Lafayette, helped by the tide. for the wind was adverse; thus we passed Peekskill and finally reached Horse Race, where we anchored at eleven o'clock, six miles up river from where we had set sail. [May] 31. At seven-thirty in the morning we set sail with a lazy wind from the north and at ten o'clock anchored about a mile farther up, in front of a beautiful cascade created by nature on the east bank. We disembarked to take a walk with the ladies and in the shade of the trees had a colloquy somewhat gallant and amorous. At four o'clock we set sail with the current and at the setting of the sun passed Fort Montgomery opposite Anthonys Nose. At nine o'clock we passed by Buttermilk Falls, one mile from West Point on the West bank, and by all the works of this post, Constitution Island, etc., having travelled seven miles. Here we came upon a fresh wind from the south, with which we soon (p. 96) reached the spot they call Blowing Hole (for the reason that the wind always blows here extraordinarily). This point is the limit of the Highlands, six miles from West Point. Three miles up river on the east bank is the town of New Windsor, and a little before the chevaux-de-frise, in front of Polopels Island, of the same type as those on the Delaware. Here we were becalmed, and with the tide and a light wind we continued, passing the town of Newburgh about two miles farther, exactly on the bank, and two miles farther on the opposite bank, the town of Fishkill, where we anchored at three o'clock in the morning. June 1. At eight o'clock we set sail with a lazy wind from the south, passing the town of Poughkeepsie, twelve miles up river on the east bank; at eleven, Davis Store, Livingstons Store, Duers Distillery, Shenks Mills, North's Store, and various other buildings on one or the other bank. Here we drank the river water, exceedingly good and drinkable. Continuing up river, six miles farther on the west bank is Devoes Ferry; farther ahead, Esopus Island; eight miles ahead, Esopus Creek; ten miles farther, Mudlane Island (to the left of the river, in the interior of the continent, are the high Catskills, part of the Allegheny Mountains); two miles farther, Red Hook Landing and Island; one mile farther, Tory Livingston House, on the east bank; on the same bank two miles farther, Widow Livingston House and Manor; four miles ahead, West Camp and East Camp, two small towns opposite each other on the banks of the river, founded by Germans; four miles up river, Livingston Upper Manor and House; four miles farther, Claverack and Lansingburgh Landing Places, the former on the east, the latter on the west bank; eight miles farther on the east bank, the remarkable (p. 98) Kinderhook Landing Place, nine miles up river, Coeyman's Overslaugh, a bar which not vessel drawing more than nine feet an pass; nine miles up river, Upper Overslaugh, another bar, which at high tide only has seven and a half feet of water; here we cast anchor at two o'clock in the morning, because it was dark and we could not see the pickets which serve as marks. June 2. At four o'clock in the morning, the day already bright, we set sail and half an hour later tied up at the Albany wharves three miles up river on the east bank. Half a mile from Albany is the house of Mr. Henry Cuylar, large and of good architecture; on the opposite bank and almost in front is that of General Schuyler, better in every respect. In the northern extreme of the town, also on the river, is another famous house (not as well situated as the two previous ones, but larger), belonging to Mr. Stephen Van Rensselaer. After disembarking, I took a long walk through the city in the company of Dr. Eliot, one of the passengers, and then obtained lodging at the Hollenbake Inn. *** [June] 3. At three o'clock in the afternoon I left Albany, with my servant, on two very good horses rented for two pesos daily. The weather was very good and the road so pleasant that it was with the greatest delight I continued my journey on the banks of the North River as far as the spot where the Mohawk River joins its waters, about seven miles from Albany. From here I traveled over the banks of the Mohawk to Cohoes Falls, five miles farther up, where I arrived at five o'clock. The grasses of the fields exuded such an aromatic odor, the forests presented a sight so fertile, the grains and other crops appeared so beautiful and luxuriant, and the land so rich that I thought I was in Puerto Rico, Cuba, or part of our American continent. The entire region is middlingly populated, and proportionately there is sufficient agriculture, but the inhabitants seem to be poor. The women commonly walk without shoes, and the number of Negroes is large. The latter and the whites speak Dutch generally, so that the traveler imagines himself in the middle of a Dutch colony. p. 100 When I saw this very famous cascade I confess it surprised me and gave me such contentment as few objects in nature have produced in my spirit. The height of the falls is about 40 varas [OED: "A linear measure used in Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America, of varying length in different localities, but usually about 33 inches long; a Spanish yard."] and the width about 220, but this is not all that forms its beauty; the play of the waters among the irregularities of the rock and the harmony, union, and aggregate of the whole give it an air of majesty and symmetry exceeding what the mind can conceive without having seen it first. Various other effects contribute to embellish the objet; some of them is the rainbow the rays of the sun form in the particles of water floating in the atmosphere thereabout. Having examined all this very well and admiring more each time the land on the banks of this river, the most fertile and luxuriant region of all North America, I rested a little in a house nearby, where two country girls gave me the freshest water to drink and very good conversation. It is a peculiar thing that almost all the inhabitants of this region speak both Dutch and English! At seven o'clock in the evening I arrived at Half Moon (the river forms exactly this figure there) on the banks of the North River, where I took lodging at the home of the widow Pepples. Here I had very good tea, supper, etc., and a conversation with the daughter of said widow, about sixteen years old, to whom I offered to send some books from New York. [June] 4. At seven thirty in the morning I sallied forth, continuing on the west bank of the North River. At four miles are the mills for sawing wood called Funday's Mills, and three miles farther the stream they call Stillwater, or Palmer's Mills, the former because here one begins to feel the rapidity of the current of the river, the latter for some mills for sawing wood, like the preceding ones. It is incredible the quantity of sawed wood one sees, all the distance from Albany, upon this river on rafts, by means of which they transport the wood to New York at very little cost. Francisco De Miranda. The New Democracy in America: Travels of Francisco de Miranda in the United States, 1783-84. Judson P. Wood, transl. John S. Ezell, ed. Norman: U. Oklahoma Pr., 1963 1784-02-20 -- New Democracy in America. Francisco de Miranda. Arnold, Benedict (14 Jan. 1741-14 June 1801), revolutionary war general and traitor, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of Benedict Arnold III, a merchant, and Hannah Waterman King. *** The exact role Arnold played in the two battles of Saratoga that led to the surrender of a British field army and the formal alliance of France with the United States is unclear. In the first battle, Gates let him command part of the American left wing in a spoiling attack on the advancing British force. Fearing a British trap and counterattack, Gates rejected his plea for more troops to exploit early success and ordered him back to headquarters. In the aftermath Arnold exploded, and Gates relieved him of command, but Arnold stayed in camp. When the British advanced again in early October, he rushed to the front and led several assaults on fortified positions into which enemy forces had retreated. Always at the front, he was wounded, hit by a bullet in the same leg wounded at Quebec. *** Washington then made one of the worst decisions of his career, appointing Arnold as military governor of the rich, politically divided city. *** He began by living and entertaining on a lavish scale, financed by private business deals that, if not strictly illegal, clearly involved the use of his power as military governor. *** At the same time he was courting Margaret Shippen, youngest daughter of one of the city's leading families, itself suspected of Toryism. From this period began the plot that would end, eighteen months later, with Arnold's defection to the British side. Through his new wife's family and friends, as well as his own staff, he had ready channels of communication to British headquarters in New York City. He used those channels to inform General Henry Clinton, commanding the British army, that he was ready to serve the Crown. *** Clinton was cautious but interested in the chance that Arnold might betray a key point in American defenses. He left the matter in the hands of young staff officer, John Andre. By July Arnold had named his minimum price--£10,000--and André had drawn his attention to the strategic American post at West Point. *** In early August Arnold got the West Point assignment and firm British agreement to his final terms: £10,000 for defection and £20,000 for the delivery of West Point and 3,000 rebel troops. *** agreement to his final terms: £10,000 for defection and £20,000 for the delivery of West Point and 3,000 rebel troops. Excited by the prospect of catching a large part of the American army along with a strategic post and a dangerous enemy general, Clinton planned a major operation up the Hudson and sent André to make direct contact with Arnold. But the mission misfired: André was caught in civilian dress with compromising documents and was later hanged. . . . Arnold fled downriver. *** Clinton sent him, as a British brigadier general, with an expeditionary force at the end of 1780 to raid the Chesapeake. Arnold's force routed the Virginia militia, burned ships, munitions, and tobacco, and forced Governor Thomas Jefferson into humiliating flight. In mid-1781 he led a raiding party into Connecticut, sacking and burning New London, butchering the garrison of its fort in one of the ugliest incidents of the war. John Shy. "Arnold, Benedict"; http://www.anb.org/articles/02/02-00008.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Fri Aug 18 2017 12:04:39 GMT-0400 (EDT) André, John (2 May 1750-2 Oct. 1780), British officer and spy, was born in London, England, the son of Anthony André, a merchant, and Marie Louise Girardot. *** On 3 June [1777] Major General Charles Grey sailed into New York and, upon the recommendation of William Howe, British commander in chief, chose André as an aide-de-camp. Learning that the hard-fighting general agreed with him that warfare against American rebels should be harsh, André found Grey a congenial commanding officer. *** During the British occupation of Philadelphia in the winter of 1777-1778, he staged amateur theatricals and was largely responsible for designing the stage scenery and costumes for what he called the Mischianza, an extravagant "variety of entertainments" presented on 18 May 1778 in honor of General Howe when he resigned his command. André also became a favorite of Philadelphia's young Tory ladies, particularly Elizabeth "Peggy" Shippen, who would later marry General Benedict Arnold. *** Praising André to Clinton after he had returned to England in November 1778, Grey declared, "I do not think a better principled young man exists." Agreeing, Clinton chose André to be one of his aides. *** He suffered a financial blow in July 1779 when his extensive estates on the West Indian island of Grenada fell into French hands. Thereafter, he and his family had to alter "their mode of life." On 23 October 1779 Clinton appointed him deputy adjutant general of the army, "with all the duties of the principal of the department," and with the rank of major. On 20 September 1780, as part of his clandestine negotiations with Arnold for the surrender of West Point, he sailed up the Hudson River in the sloop Vulture to meet Arnold at Haverstraw, New York. After the meeting in the early morning of 22 September he was unable to return to the Vulture because it had been compelled by American fire to sail southward. Trapped behind enemy lines but bearing a pass from Arnold, he spent the night of 22 September with a friendly farmer, then changed from his uniform into civilian clothes in order to make his way back to British lines near Tarrytown. At nine o'clock in the morning on 23 September, within sight of his own comrades, he was detained by three American militiamen, whom he had mistaken for British soldiers. Identifying himself as a British officer rather than producing Arnold's pass, he was immediately searched, and incriminating military documents that Arnold had given him were found in his boots. On 2 October André was executed, dying calmly, and mourned not only by the English officers but also by the Americans, who had come to admire him in the short time they had been in his company. He was honored in Britain by a monument in Westminster Abbey, to which his remains were removed in 1821. Paul David Nelson. "André, John"; http://www.anb.org/articles/02/02-00352.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Fri Aug 18 2017 12:16:19 GMT-0400 NEW-YORK, April 8. *** Yesterday we were informed that the North river was opened, by the arrival at the Albany Pier of the sloop Dolphin, Capt. Prime, who left the city of Albany last Tuesday. Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, R. I.), April 17, 1784 NAVAL-OFFICE, Port of Newport, May 29. Inward Entries From. *** Cleared, For *** Sloop Hudson, J. Hathaway, Albany. Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island), May 29, 1784 PROVIDENCE, August 28. *** ARRIVALS since our last. *** CLEARED. *** Schooner Mehitabel, Spencer, Albany. *** 1784-08-28 -- Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island) MARINE LIST. Naval Office, Port of Boston, August 31. ENTRIES, since the 27th inst. From *** CLEARANCES, For Schooner Dove, Nickerson, Albany. Sally, Dickerson, do. *** Massachusetts Centinel and the Republican Journal (Boston, Massachusetts), September 1, 1784 NAVAL OFFICE, Philadelphia, Sept. 24 Inward Entries. *** Outwards. *** [Sloop] Betsey, Simmons, Albany. *** Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), September 25, 1784 NAVAL-OFFICE, Philadelphia, Sept. 30. Inward Entries. *** Outwards. *** Cleared. *** [Sloop] Betsey, Somers, New-York & Albany Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), October 1, 1784 ARRIVALS since our last.
*** CLEARED. *** [Sloop] Sally, Vance, Albany. *** Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), November 6, 1784 PUBLIC AUCTION, This Day, at the Coffee House, will be sold, By TAYLOR and BAYARD, Precisely at One o'Clock. The small Sloop HORN, With all her tackle and apparel, as she now lies at Brownejohn's wharf, burthen about 15 tons, of easy draught of water, and exceedingly well calculated for our river trade: with a quantity of Salt in bags. New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury (New York, New York), January 6, 1783 One o'Clock, at the Coffee-House, The Sloop BROMPTON, Burthen about 50 tons (lately employed in Government service) of an easy of Water, well calculated for the river or coasting trade. Royal Gazette (New York, N. Y.), January 8, 1783 BOSTON, January 13. Last Tuesday night a sloop from the North-River, loaded with wood, ran ashore on Scituate Beach, and immediately bilged: The surf running high, and the weather being extremely cold, the men on board were not able to get ashore, but hung upon the wreck till the morning, when some people from Scituate went to their relief, and found them covered with ice, and frozen in such a manner that several of them must inevitably lose some of their limbs. Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, R. I.), January 18, 1783 1783-01-27 New York Gazetteer or Northern Intelligencer A Sloop of 30 tons burthen, with all her tackling and sails, to be sold very cheap. Inquire of the subscriber, living near the English Church, in the City of Albany. Dirck Schuyler. 1783-02-03 New York Gazetteer or Northern Intelligencer. A Sloop, of 30 tons burthen, with all her tackling and sails to be sold very cheap. Inquire of the subscriber, living near the English Church, in the City of Albany. Dirck Schuyler PUBLIC AUCTION, This Day 1 o'clock, at the Coffee-House will be sold, the schooner Vixen, burthen about one hundred tons, with all her tackle and apparel, as she now lies at the Crane-Bason, a prime sailer, Virginia built. *** To-morrow at One o'Clock, at the Coffee-House, will be Sold, the Schooner Surprize, burthen about 50 tons, of an easy draught of water, a very fit vessel for the Blue Point or River Trade, as she now lies at the Coentie's Slip. Inventory to be seen at the time of sale. HUGH DEAN 1783-04-14 -- New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury, April 14, 1783 PUBLIC AUCTION THIS day at 12 o'clock will be sold at Brownejohn's wharf, (being postponed on Saturday on account of bad weather). The schooner BLACK JOKE, about 25 tons burthen, sails remarkable fast, and is well calculated for the fishing, Blue Point or river trade. Inventory to be seen at the time of sale. At the same time a new [illegible] built boat. 12 o'clock at the COFFEE HOUSE, (Being also postponed on account of the weather) A negro wench, with her child about three years old. The wench is young and healthy, born on Long-Island, and brought up n a genteel family in this city, and is, without exception, as good a washer as any in the country, and can do every other kind of house-work; sold for no fault. Property warranted. PETER G. WALDRON. New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (New York, N. Y.), April 14, 1783 Black Joke n. (the name of) a tune used for popular songs and dances. In the 18th cent. the tune was freq. used for bawdy songs in whose refrain ‘black joke’ refers to the female genitals. (Oxford English Dictionary) 1783-06-30 New York Gazetteer Newly imported from Britain, and to be sold, on the very lowest terms, for cash or country produce, by James Mitchell, on board the Sloop Susanna, at the City-Hall Dock. London bottled & draught Porter, West-India Rum, and sugar, Paints, Oil, and Lamp-Black, Mustard in bottles, Soap and Candles, Scotch Barley in kegs, Men’s and Women’s fine and coarse shoes, Men’s coarse & fine hats; Linens and checks, Handkerchiefs & thread, Silk gauzes of the newest fashions, Men’s made cloaths, Saddlery assorted, Medicine, Coopers, Carpenters and Joiners Tools, Nails, Hoes, Wheat Riddles, & c. CAPTAIN FOURGEAU, Commander of the French Schooner lately from Martinico, takes this method of acquainting the public, that he has very good West-India Rum at ? per gallon, Do. Molasses ? per gallon, Very good brown Sugar 3? per hundred, And excellent Coffee ?3 per pound, At the Store of Mr. Jacob Van Schaick, opposite the Middle-Dock, Albany. June 30, 1783. FOR SALE, At the STORE of JACOB VAN SCHAICK, the following Articles, just imported in the Schooner GOOD FORTUNE, lately arrived from St. Mark, in Hispaniola, viz. MOLASSES, Muscovado Sugar, Loaf Do. Coffee, Cotton, Best Rock Salt, Claret Wine, French Cordials, Fine Linens, An assortment of striped Linens, Sail Duck, Double Tin, per box, Gauzes, A neat assortment of Silk, for Gowns, &c. The above articles will be fold by wholesale, very cheap for ready Cash. All persons desirous to purchase any of the above articles are desired to apply to JOHN LE BLANC, French merchant, opposite the Dutch Church. Albany, June 30, 1783. ARRIVALS since our last. *** SAILED. *** Sloop Charles, S. Chace, Albany. Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), July 19, 1783 TO BE SOLD, (The Proposals to be seen at the Time of Sale) A Small Neat House, in a good stand for business either for a store or tavern, situated at the head of Walton's wharf. It is excellently calculated for a person that follows the River trade, as vessels can lay close by the back window. The house is known by the sign of the Bellisarius, and is in the possession of Archibald Johnson. If not sold before Saturday the 9th day of August, it will then be sold at Public Vendue at three o'Clock in the Afternoon, on the Premises. New York Morning Post (New York, N. Y.), August 8, 1783 PUBLIC AUCTION. Tuesday, at 5 o'Clock, on the Premises, A large roomy HOUSE, IN a very good Stand for Business, either for a Store or Tavern, situated at the Head of Brasher's Wharff; it is excellently calculated for a Person that follows the River Trade, as Vessels can lay close by the back Door. The House is known by the Sign of the Speedy Packet, and is in the Possession of John Hansen. Hugh Dean. New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (New York, N. Y.), August 11, 1783 ARRIVALS since our last. *** Sloop Mary, Brown, Albany. Sloop Joseph, Edminster, Albany. *** Providence [Gaz]ette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), August 16, 1783 Arrivals since our last.
*** Sloop Albany Packet, Chase, Albany. *** Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), August 30, 1783 January 3, 1785. New York Packet (New York, New York) Arrivals: Dec. 27, 1784, Brig. Charlotte, Erwing Virginia. 29th. Brig Bella and Jane, Patullo, St. Johns, Nova Scotia; brig Mary-Ann, McKown, Tortola 30th. Packet La Martinique, Tuavache, l’Orient, 70 days. 31st. Brig Betsey and Polly, Lippencot, Charleston, S.C. Jan. 1, 1785. Sloop Experiment, Dean, Charleston, S.C. March 21, 1785. Loudon's New-York Packet (New York, New York) [selling off the property of William A. Forbes, insolvent debtor] We also give Notice, that we will Sell, The following valuable LOTS of GROUND, with their Improvements, situated in Newburgh, on the North river, on one of which is erected a large two story frame Dwelling-House, four rooms on a floor, each having good fire-places; a large entry through the whole, with a good cellar kitchen, and cellar in which is a never failing spring of the best water; a large commodious Wharf, on which is a spacious and convenient store house (lately occupied by the contractors) calculated to receive all kinds of produce and merchandize; and several Out-Houses. -- On the other Lot is a handsome one and a half story Dwelling-House, three rooms on the lower, and a bed-chamber on the upper floor, with a fire-place; a good cellar under the whole; a large stable and good garden, in which is a good spring of water: The above is as conveniently situated for trade as any place from New-York to Albany, there being a sufficient depth of water along side of the dock for any vessel that follows the river trade. *** The terms of sale may be known by applying to HUGH Walsh, William G. Forbes, Assignees. March 14, 1785. New York Packet (New York, New York) From Bradford’s Marine List. Arrivals. March 10th. Sloop Experiment, Deane, Charleston; Sloop Hudson, Irish, Guadaloupe 11th. Brig Active, Baltimore; sloop Polly, Bud, Philadelphia; brig Dolphin, Hispaniola April 6, 1785. New York Morning Post (New York, New York) Arrived, Jan. 5. Schooner Alfred, Ranshbac, Antigua. Cleared, Sloop Peggy, Lawton Newport; Sloop Washington, Norris, ditto; Sloop Epxeriment, Dean, St. Eustatia; Sloop Friendship, Kelly, Martinico April 28, 1785. Norwich Packet or, The Country Journal (Norwich, Connecticut). NAVAL-OFFICE, Port of Norwich. April 21. Entered In From Cleared For Schooner Victory Sanford, Albany May 11, 1785. Independent Journal. (New York, New York) At One o'Clock, at the Albany Pier, A SLOOP of about 35 tons burthen, will all her tackle and apparel and long boat. She is well calculated for the river and coasting trade. October 29, 1785. Providence Gazette and Country Journal. (Providence, Rhode Island), ARRIVALS. Sloop Industry, Slocum, from Fishing. CLEARED. Sloop Alpha, Sprague, for Albany December 9, 1785. Connecticut Gazette; and the Universal Intelligencer. (New London, Connecticut), NAVL-OFFICE, Port of New-London. Entered In, Sloop Betsey, Chappel, New-York; *** Cleared Out, Sloop Betsey, Chappel, New-York; Sloop Sally, Rhodes, Albany; *** December 22, 1785 Country Journal, (Poughkeepsie, New York), Poughkeepsie, Dec. 22. Saturday last sailed from hence the Sloop Dolphin, Capt. Christopher Hughes, belonging to this place, with 37 horses, &c. on board. And on Sunday sailed the Sloop Sally Capt. Clark, belonging to Claverack, with 20 horses; both bound to the West-Indies. December 28, 1785. Independent Journal (New York, New York)
The departure of the Ship Edward, Captain Coupar, having been unavoidably detained by bad weather and unfavourable winds, will sail, this morning for London – should those obstacles be removed. We are informed that the Schooner Hope, Captain Smith, from North-Carolina for this port, foundered last Sunday in thirty fathom water, off Egg-Harbour. On the 18th instant the Sloop Experiment, Stewart Dean, Esq; Commander, sailed from hence on a voyage to Canton, in China. This is the second adventure from the United States of America to so distant a port. It cannot but give pleasure to every friend of his country, when it is considered that there are among us men of judgment to plan, and souls of enterprize too execute what formerly would have been considered both a hazardous and impracticable undertaking. Experience however has taught us that fancy oft times paints danger in much stronger colours then what is found to exist in reality, and that by diligence and activity we are enabled to get over difficulites, which, on a cursory view, are deemed insurmountable. The Empress of China was considered a very small vessel to encounter the perils of so long a voyage, and yet the Empress of China returned in perfect safety, though the navigation was novel to every person on board. A very small sloop, of not more than forty tons, the property of an enterprising merchant, has twice, without the least loss, visited the Cape of Good Hope; and in the rout to China, no part of the ocean teems more with danger than from hence to the Cape. It is reconcilable therefore both to the maxims of prudence and the probability of profit, that a sloop built of the very best materials, fashioned according to the most approved model, navigated by so experienced a Commander, and loaded by citizens of approved judgment and competent fortune, should proceed on a voyage which, but a few years ago, was supposed impracticable. We wish success to the undertaking; and we wish also that our Legislative Body, at their next meeting, may consider the importance of this branch of commerce, and make such regulations respecting it as may insure a certain as well as permanent advantage to this rising empire. To accomplish so desirable an end, it is only necessary to encourage the cultivation and proper using of ginseng, to prevent its exportation to any other country than China, (and that in our own vessels) and to impose a heavy duty on the produce of the East, unless imported directly from thence in ships which are the property of citizens of the United States, B the first regulation, we shall soon be enabled without the aid of specie, t receive in return every necessary Oriental commodity, and by the latter, the profits of this lucrative trade will rest entirely among ourselves. PUBLIC AUCTION. This Day at Twelve o'Clock, at the Coffee-House will be sold, The Albany Sloop ELSEY, With all her Tackle and Apparel, as she now lies at Peck Slip, well calculated for the River trade, and of an easy draught of water. Inventory to be seen at the time of sale. Hugh and Alexander Dean. PUBLIC AUCTION. At the Coffee House, on Thursday the 28th instant, (If not sold before at private sale) By GEORGE McCree. The Sloop INDUSTRY, She is about 35 tons burthen, is a fast sailer, and well calculated for the Blue Point of river trade, or as a suttling vessel, is of a light draught of water, and well found. For terms apply to John Mactler [?], No. 37, Water-Street, near the Fly-Market, or to Wm. Clerk, Master, on board at Cruger's wharf, near the Old Slip. Royal Gazette (New York, N. Y.), February 27, 1782. suttling vessel: suttling: To carry on the business of a sutler. Chiefly in vbl. n. suttling sutler: One who furnishes provisions. (Oxford English Dictionary) To Be Sold, At PUBLIC VENDUE, THIS DAY, At 12 o'clock at the Coffee-House, The Schooner ELIZABETH, With all her tackle and apparel, as she now lies at Murray's Wharf, of an easy draught of water, and calculated for the river trade. Hugh and Alexander Dean. New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury (New York, New York), March 25, 1782 PUBLIC AUCTION, BY M'ADAM, WATSON, and Co. *** This DAY, The Sloop BETSEY, now lying at the Albany Pier, she is a fast sailing vessel, has been in the wood employ, for which she is well calculated, carries upwards of fourteen cord, and is of an easy draught of water; appears to disadvantage, through having been neglected for some time by those intrusted to take charge of her. Her timbers and planks are good. Royal Gazette (New York, New York), March 30, 1782 TO BE SOLD, ON Monday the 29th inst. at the Coffee-House, at XII o'clock, the Schooner John, about twenty tons burthen, of an easy draught of water, well calculated for the river of Blue Point trade; to be seen at the time of sale at the wharf below the Coffee House. HUGH and ALEX. DEANE Royal Gazette. (New York, New York), April 27, 1782 PUBLIC AUCTION. This Day One Week, at the Coffee House, will be sold, The Schooner LIVELY, As she now lies at the wharf below the Coffee House, about 70 tons burthen, a good vessel, well found, sails fast, may be sent to sea at a small expence, she is well calculated for the river trade, will carry 25 [?] cord of wood. Inventory to be seen at the time of sale. HENRY GUEST. New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury (New York, New York), July 22, 1782 PUBLIC AUCTION. This Day, at Twelve o'Clock, will be held at the Albany Pier, The cargo of the Sloop SUSANNAH, Consisting of, Boards, Shingles, Oars, and Wooden Dishes. At One o'Clock at the Coffee house, will be sold, The Sloop SUSANNAH, Lying at Albany Pier; burthen about 70 tons, Eastern built, quite new, and exceeding [well] found. Also at the same time, will be sold, The Schooner UGLY, Lying at the Albany Pier, burthen about eighteen tons, Eastern built, exceeding found, and entirely new. Inventories to be seen at the time of sale. John Tench, and Co. New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury (New York, New York), September 23, 1782 PUBLIC AUCTION. THIS Day, at Twelve o'Clock, at the Coffee-House, will be sold, the Sloop SALLY, burthen about 70 tons, is well calculated for the river trade, lays at Brownjohne's Wharf. Hugh and Alexr. Dean. Royal Gazette (New York, N. Y.), October 9. 1782 At the Coffee House, precisely at One o'Clock, The Prize Schooner SWIFT, With all her stores, tackle and apparel as she how lies at Murray's Wharf, burthen about 40 tons, is well found, sails fast, of an easy draft of water, and calculated for our river trade. Royal Gazette (New York, N. Y.), November 2, 1782 TO be sold, and possession given on the first day of May next, a dwelling house and large lot of land in Dock-street, three story and a half high, with a store adjoining thereto, as also another store in the rear thereof. This situation is at present exceedingly commodious for any kind of business, and will, upon the establishment of civil government, be one of the first stands in the city, being so very convenient to the North River and Jersey trade. Proposals for the said house and stores will be received by John Kelly, No. 843, Hanover-Square, who has sundry lots of land to sell and let in this city. New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury (New York, N. Y.), February 5, 1781 PUBLIC AUCTION. For sale on Monday next, Twelve o'Clock, At the Coffee House, The Sloop SWALLOW, Burthen about 30 tons, in compleat repair and well found, as she now lies at Peck's Slip dock, and directly opposite to the Sign of the Swan; she is of a remarkable easy draught of water, and well calculated for the Blue Point or river buisness. Inventory to be seen at the time of sale. By DANIEL M'CORMICK. Royal Gazette. (New York, New York), March 24, 1781 On Saturday next, the 21st instant, at XII o'Clock, will be sold at the Coffee-House, The SLOOP KATY, Of a very easy draught of water, calculated for the river trade, well found in sails, rigging, anchors, cables, &c., lays at Beekman Slip. Inventory to be seen at the time of sale. HUGH and ALEX. DEANE. Royal Gazette. (New York, New York), July 18, 1781 |
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