1786

    TO BE SOLD
        At Public Auction,
    The 24th April, on the Premises,
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    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.
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    Daily Advertiser (New York, New York), April 14, 1786

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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

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THOMAS ALLEN's Marine LIST.
Thursday, April 6th.  Pleasant, serene morning.
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Saturday, 8th
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    Sloop ----, Jenkins, Hudson, [reported at St. Eustacia, with about 12 Sloops and Schooners belonging to Long Island]
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    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

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TO BE SOLD
        At Public Auction,
    The 24th April, on the Premises,
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    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.
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    Daily Advertiser (New York, New York), April 14, 1786

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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

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NAVAL-OFFICE,
    Port of MIDDLETOWN.
        Entered In.
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        Cleared Out.
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[Sloop] Ranger, Thomas Shalor,        Albany.
    Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), July 3, 1786

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NAVAL-OFFICE
       Port of MIDDLETOWN.
    Entered In.
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    Cleared Out.
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[Sloop] Polly, N. Chauncey, jun.        Albany
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    Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), July 17, 1786

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ENTERED.
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Sloop Sally, Sabin, Trinidad
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    New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine (New Haven, Connecticut)

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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.

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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
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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."

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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

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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

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NAVAL-OFFICE,
    Port of MIDDLETOWN.
             Entered In.
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               Cleared Out.
Sloop Gull, E. Merrow,        Albany.
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    Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), October 30, 1786

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NAVAL-OFFICE
    Port of MIDDLETOWN,
        Entered In.
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        Cleared Out.
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[Sloop] Friendship, S. Smith,            S. Carolina.
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Sloop Polly, N. Brown, jun.            Albany.
    Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Connecticut), November 20, 1786

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