1845

August 8, 1845. Albany Journal (Albany, New York).
Albany Thirty-six Years Ago. We are indebted to Mr. BOGART, of Aurora, for a copy of the Albany Gazette of June 1, 1809. In looking through its columns we are enabled to judge of the inroads which time has made upon us. The following Advertisement enables us to form an estimate of the Trade and Commerce of Albany, upon the Hudson River, in 1809:
Albany Sloops.
THE undersigned Masters of vessels in the Albany trade, respectfully inform the
citizens of New-York, and the public in general that in future the general place of
rendezvous in the city of new-York for the vessels belonging at the city of Albany,
in said trade, will be at LENT's New Bason, in the East River (next west of
Coenties Slip) where they solicit their usual share of public Patronage in the line
of their business.
John Bogart, David Olmsted,
Peter Donnelly, Jahazael Sherman,
Peter Donnelly, Jun. Randall Bentley
Hamilton Boyd, James Keeler,
Henry Green, R. S. Van Rensselaer,
James LaGrange, Isaac Keeler,
Arie LaGrange, Jasper S. Keeler,
Peter P. Dox, Horace Lockwood,
Jacob S. Pruyn, Selleck Whitney,
Jacob Barney, Richard Winslow,
John Y. Staats, Anthony Van Santford,
Isaac Hempsted, Isaac Hand.
Albany, Feb. 27, 1809 

There was then, comparatively speaking no Western New York, and with
the exception of a Landing at Erie, Pa. and a small town at Detroit, no  "Far
West".

Of these Sloop Captains, or "Skippers"; as they were called, JOHN BOGART,
JAMES KEELER, JASPER S. KEELER, SELLICK WHITNEY and RICHARD WINSLOW, are the only survivors. They, with the exception of JAMES KEELER, who has removed to
Wisconsin, still reside in this city. JASPER S. KEELER is engaged in a Transportation Company upon the River that alone does four times as much business as all the Commerce of the Hudson amounted to Thirty-six Years ago.

Capt. JOHN BOGART, who commanded a Sloop on the Hudson 70 years ago, is still in good health among us. In 1777 he went with his Sloop, by order of Gen. SCHUYLER, to convey the Wife of a British Officer, who came from Canada, to Head-Quarters at Peekskill. Gen. MCDOUGLE [?], then in command at Peekskill, furnished Capt. B. with a flag-of-truce and he proceeded with his Lady passenger to Fort Washington, where he delivered his charge to Gen. KNIPHAUSEN, a Hessian Officer, of the British Army. Capt BOGART is now 84 [?] years old. He rendered services, during the Revolution, for which we believe he enjoys, as he deserves, a Pension from Congress.

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August 22, 1845. Albany Evening Journal (Albany, New York)
Accident on the River.
The Steamer "Express", on her last down trip, was run into by a Troy sloop near Coeymans
landing. A deck passenger was instantly killed, and one or two others injured. A Card from the passengers of the "Express" will be found in another column. - We forbear to speak of the culpability of the Capt. of the sloop, in causing this collision, as we understand the subject is undergoing judicial investigation.