1788

THOMAS ALLEN's Marine LIST.
    Thursday Jan. 17th.  Pleasant morning after the gale, wind N. W.
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    Monday, 21st.  Pleasant serene morning, wind at N. W.
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    Sloop ----, master don't know who, outward-bound for West-Indies, belonging to Stratford.
    Tuesday, 22d.  Hazy, chilly morning, wind N. N. E., P. M. rain and snow.
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    Advises, a Brig belonging to Hudson and two sloop belonging to New-York, inward-bound, were cast away the South side of Long-Island, in a late storm.
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    Wednesday, 23d.  Hazy, cold morning, wind W. S. W.
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    Advice received. -- Sloop Endeavour, Daniel Deshon, master and owner, outward-bound from tis port, for Port-au-Prince, lost Vessel and coargo on Plate-Wreck. ----- And so we go.
    Middlesex Gazette, Or, Foederal Adviser. (Middletown, Connecticut), January 28, 1788

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THOMSA ALLEN's Marine LIST.
    Thursday, 14th.   Pleasant, serene morning, wind N. -- meridian S. W.
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    This day, at the City Coffee House, a number of respectable gentlemen dined on a fine fresh Salmon, when a number of patriotick toasts were drank, in commemoration of the Federal Constitution being ratified by the loyal Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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    Wednesday 20th.  Serene morning, wind W.N.W.
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    [Arrived] At  Aux-Cayes, ***
    Sloop Betsy, Robert Colfax, [belonging to Norwich]
    Middlesex Gazette, Or, Foederal Adviser. (Middletown, Connecticut), February 25, 1788

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Naval-Office, Port of Newport, April 10.
        Inward Entries.
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             Cleared.
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[Sloop] Bally,        Gladding,        Albany.
    Newport Herald (Newport, Rhode Island), April 10, 1788

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FOR CURASOA,
        The Sloop
        DOLPHIN,
ALEXANDER BISSETT, Master,
A Well found, strong built, fast sailing Vessel; will sail the 19th inst., for freight or passage, apply to Richard Davis at Poughkeepsie, Isaac Bloom at the Nine Partners, or the Master on board, now lying at Richard Davis's wharf, at one of the Landing at Poughkeepsie.
    Country Journal (Poughkeepsie, New York), April 15, 1788





Presumably Curaçao.
Wikipeida warns: Curaçao is not to be confused with Curacoa, Curassow, Carriacou, or Curuçá River (Javari River).
Curacoa, in Queensland, Australia
Curassow, a bird
Carriacou, island in the Caribbean, 13 sq. miles: "In 1776, the island population was 3,239 (86 Whites and 3,153 slaves), not counting the free Blacks and the free Mulattos or people of color."  "There are more than 100 rum shops in Carriacou. "  (Wikipedia)

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1788-04-18 New York Packet.
Arrivals since our last.
Packet Fortune, No. 3, Mon. Rolland, Havre de Grace.
Brig Nymph, Conkling, Demerara,
Frendship, McGill, St. Thomas.
Schooner Grozie, Bradshaw, N. Carolina.
Cousins, Old Road, Charleston.
Sloop Experiment, Dean St. Martins.
Jenny, Schermerhorn, Savannah.
Sally, Hooke, St. Thomas.
St. Bartholomew Blue, St. Bartholomew.
Delight, Smith, New Providence.
Clinton, Codwife, St. Croix.

Advertisement.
THE Copartnership of EPHRAIM MORGAN, JONAS MORGAN and JOHN BORDMAN, under the firm of Ephraim Morgan and Co. by mutual consent dissolves today.  ***
    They have for sale 1-4 of a good well-built SLOOP about 80 tons burthen, three years old, and well-found. -- Also 1-2 of a SCHOONER, about 50 tons burthen, has run but one season, both well calculated for the river trade. -- Terms of pay will be made easy.
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                EPHRAIM MORGAN
                JONAS MORGAN,
                JOHN BORDMAN.
    Lansingburgh, May 1, 1788
    Federal Herald. (Troy, New York), May 5, 1788




The story in the next column to the left, about the abandoned baby, might make a nice extra helping -- it seems to come from the New-York Packet (New York, New York) • 04-25-1788

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1788-05-08 United States Chronicle - Providence RI
For New-York, Hudson, and Albany, the Sloop, Nancy, James Allen, Master, will sail by the 15th Instant – Wind and Weather permitting. For freight or passage apply to the Master on board, at Colonel Tillinghast’s Wharff, or to Colonel Tillinghast
Providence, May 8th, 1788

The Sloop LYDIA,
    CAPT. HUGHES,
    Lying at Pride's Wharf;
WILL Sail for the WEST-INDIES about the 7th of June.  Any Persons wishing to put Freight on board, will apply to Richard Davis or John Pride, at Poughkeepsie Landing, or to Isaac Bloom or Christopher Hughes in the Nine-Partners.
    She intends to take Indian Meal, Rye-Flour, Corn and Horses.
    Country Journal (Poughkeepsie, New York), June 3, 1788

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        Arrivals at Hudson.
Brig Revolution, Jenkins,            Dublin
          Hudson Packet, Bunker,        Nantucket.
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    Independent Gazetteer. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1788

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    NAVAL-OFFICE, Port of Newport, June 9
            Inward Entries,    from
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            Cleared,        for
Sloop Industry, J. Carr,            Albany
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    Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island), June 9, 1788

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       By Permission.
At Mr. Corre's Long-Room,
On Monday Evening,
John Brenon,
From Dublin, 
In the curious and ingenious Art of Dancing on the 
SLACK WIRE,
Balancing both on and off the Wire, without the Assistance of a Balance Pole, as it is at present performed in London and Dublin.
I.  He balances a straw or a single Tobacco Pipe on the Wire.  ***
     ***  The whole of his Performance being collected from the different parts of the Globe, where such Amusements are in repute, would be too long for this Advertisement, his Ground balancing being past description.
Singing,         by Mrs. BRENON.
With various Feats of the 
Dexterity of Hand.
To conclude with a HORNPIPE,
By Mr. SULLIVAN, who will play of the Irish Bagpipes, and dance at the same time.
[tickets 2 and 4 shillings "at the Place of Performance, and at the Printer's"]
    ☞  Said BRENON cures the TOTH-ACH without drawing. -- No Cure no Pay. -- For the Poor.  Gratis.
    N-Y M Post, August 4, 1787, p. 3, col. 2

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THOMAS ALLEN's Marine LIST.
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Thursday, July 3d.  Light fog, calm ***
Friday, 4th.  Foggy, rainy morning ***
Saturday 5th.  Foggy, rainy morning ***
Sunday, 6th.  Rainy, foggy morning ***
    Arrived, ***
    Sloop Columbia, Trisbie,     [from Hudson]
Monday, 7th.  Foggy, misty morning ***
Tuesday, 8th.  Fog upon fog, nine fathom deep this morning, wind at S.
Wednesday, 9th. Fog upon fog, seventeen fathom deep this morning, wind S.
    We are all here yet, and keep lead and line going -- soundings pretty regular, but very foggy -- Hay, pressed or loose, in good demand.
    Connecticut Gazette. (New London, Connecticut), July 11, 1788

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For NEW-YORK and ALBANY.
        The SLOOP
          JOANNA,
WILL sail about the 28th Instant. -- For Freight or Passage, apply to Michael Anthony, on board said Sloop, now lying at Christopher Sheldon's Wharff, -- or to Stephen Sheldon, at the South End of the Town.
    ☞   This SLOOP will sail about once a Month during this Season for Albany.
    Providence, July 23, 1788.
    United States Chronicle- Political, Commercial and Historical (Providence, Rhode Island), July 24, 1788

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            LETTER V.
            On New York.
                        August 1788.
p. 124    I HAVE read again, my dear friend, the description given by Mr. Crevecoeur, of this part of the United Sates; and after having compared all the articles of it with what I have seen, I must declare, that all the traits of his picture are just.
    Nothing is more magnificent than the situation of this town -- between two majestic rivers, the north and the east.  The former separates it from New Jersey: it is so large a deep, that ships of the line anchor in it.  ***  Two inconveniences are, however, experienced in this river; the descent of ice in the winter, and the force of the north-west wind.  Ships mount this commodious river as far as Albany, a town situated an hundred and seventy miles from New-York.
    Albany will yield very soon, in prosperity, to a town called Hudson, built on a spot where, (p. 125) four years ago, there was only a simple farm-house.  At present, it contains an hundred good dwelling-houses, a court-house, public fountains, &c.  More than fifty ships are owned there, which export the American productions to the Islands and to Europe.  Two whaleing [sic] ships are of the number.  Their vessels do not winter idly, like those of Albany, in the port.  They trade in the West Indies during this season.  Poughkeepsie, on the same river, has doubled its population and its commerce since the war.  The inattention of the people of Albany to foreign commerce, may be attributed to the fertility of their lands.  Agriculture abounds there, and they like not to hazard themselves to the dangers of the sea, for a fortune which they can draw from the bounty of the soil which surround them.  The fertility of the uncultivated lands, and the advantages which they offer, attract settlers to this quarter.  New settlements are forming here; but slowly, because other states furnish lands, if not as fertile, at least attended with more advantages for agriculture, as they are less exposed to the excessing rigours of so long a winter.
    When this part of America shall be well peopled, the north river will offer one of the finest channels for the exportation of its (p. 126) productions.  Navigable for ore than two hundred miles from the ocean, it communicates with the river Mohawk, with the lakes Oneida, Ontario, Erie, and all that part of Canada.  The falls which are found in this route may be easily vanquished by canals, so easy to construct in a country abounding with men and money.  This river communicates with Canada in another quarter, by the lakes George and Champlaine.  It is this situation which will render New York the channel of the fur-trade, at least during the existence of this kind of commerce, which supposes the existence of savages, and great quantities of uncultivated lands.
    ***  (p. 127)  . . . it is an effect of the Dutch spirit which still governs this city [New York].  The Dutchman conceals his gains and his commerce; he lives but for himself.  *** The English have a great predilection for this city, and for its productions; thus its port is always covered with English ships.  They prefer even its wheat; so that the American merchants bring wheat from Virginia, and sell it for that of New York.  
    ***  The usage of smoking has not disappeared in this town, with the other customs of their fathers, the Dutch.  They smoke cigars, which come from the Spanish islands.  They are leaves of tobacco, rolled in the form of a tube, of six inches long, which are smoked without the aid of any tube.  This usage is revolting to the French.  ***
    New Travels in the United States of America, Performed in m.dcc.xxxviii.  by J.-P. Brissot de Warville.  2nd, ed., corrected.  Vol. 1.  London, 1794
1788-00-00 -- New Travels in the United States of America.  J.-P. Brissot de Warville

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788-08-25 American Mercury - Hartford Connecticut
For Boston, The Sloop Scrub; For New York, Sloop Harmony; For Albany, Sloop Olive-Branch. For New London, Sloop Lovely Nancy; All to sail in a few days; for freight or passage, apply to the Masters on board, or to Wm. & George Bull; who have on hand for sale, West India and New England Rum per Hhd. Sugar per Barrel – Molasses per Hhd – Liver Oil and Gurry per Barrel – Nails of all sorts by large or small quantities – Excellent Dum and common Fish – Ship Chandlery as usual – superfine and common flour per barrel. Cash given for Corn on board the Sloop Scrub. Hartford, August 25, 1788.

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THOMAS ALLEN's New-London Marine List.
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    Sunday, 28th,  Foggy morning, light wind at N.  10 A. M. clears off pleasant, wind S. W.
    Touch'd in here, schooner Hope, Franklin, from Rhode-Island, bound for Hudson. . . .
    Middlesex Gazette, Or, Foederal Adviser (Middletown, Connecticut), October 6, 1788

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For St. CROIX,
        the Sloop Dolphin,
        Captain Hughes,
WILL sail the beginning of December next.  for freight or passage, apply to Richard Davis at Poughkeepsie landing, or the Captain in the Nine partners. -- She is fitted to take horses on deck ;  Any one desirous to put freight on board will please to give notice as above directed, by the 15th November, instant.
    November 1st, 1788.
    Country Journal (Poughkeepsie, New York), November 25, 1788

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On Monday night last, a seaman, in attempting to get on board a vessel lyiing at Murray's wharf, unfortunately fell between the sides of two vessels into the river, and instantly disappeared -- search was made after him that evening, but in vain.  Yesterday morning his body was discovered floating in the river, and was brought on shore.  It is said a woman was with him when he was going on board, and when the accident happened immediately alarmed some of the crews of the neighboring vessel with her shrieks -- however, it seems she soon after went off, and has not since been heard of.
    [This may well not concern a North River sloop, but it is a sad story, anyway.]

    Such has been the severity of the weather since last Thursday, that we are informed the North-River above Tappan is frozen over; also the Delaware opposite Philadelphia.

    The North-River being impassable from the prodigious quantities of ice floating in it, prevented any communication of intelligence from our legislature at Albany by the last post.
    Daily Advertiser (New York, New York), December 24, 1788

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The Printer of
the ALBANY GAZETTE, informs his Advertising Customers, That he has REDUCED the price of ADVERTISEMENTS as follows:
Advertisements of one square, 3 week, 7s.
    do. of two or more squares, do. 6s. per square.
            Continuations:
Advertisements of one square, 3 months, 1s6 per week;
    do. do. 6 months, 1s3 per week;
    do. of two or more squares, 3 months, 1s3 per square per week
    do. do. 6 months, 1 s. per square, per week.
    ☞   The prices of Advertisements will be the same in the Albany Journal as the above.
    Upwards of Eight Hundred of the Albany Gazette are printed every week, and circulated in this county, Montgomery, Washington, Clinton and Columbia, also in Bennington, and several towns in Berkshire country, and regularly sent to the principal towns from New-Hampshire to Virginia.
    Albany Gazette (Albany, New York) , December 26, 1788

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1788-12-26 Albany Gazette
Wednesday, the 10th inst. As a sloop from Lansingburgh, was passing the battery, at New-York, a sudden squall came on, which instantly jibbed the boom; and unfortunately, the man at the helm, Mr. John Norris of this city was carried overboard by the sheet, and, before any assistance could be given him, perished in the waves.

Arrivals at New-York.
Brig Aurora, Tweed, Liverpool.
Schooner John and Jean, Potter, Martha-Brae.
Peggy, Eldridge, Salem.
Sloop Leath, Parker, Digby,
Ranger, Raisbeck, St. Johns.
Julia, Hemstead, St. Eustatia.

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