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January 22, 1838. Spectator. Vicissitudes of Winter Weather. According to a meteorological memorandum, kept at the New York University, the Hudson river was not closed by ice, in the following years, until February 3d, 1790 and 1802; January 12th, 1795; January 23rd, 1796; January 6th, 1800; January 3d, 1801; January 12th, 1804; January 9th, 1806; January 4th, 1808; January 19th, 1810; January 5th, 1825; January 11th, 1830; December 21st, 1832. The earliest time of closing, since the first mentioned period, was November 30th, 1820. The earliest opening of the river, when it was free of ice was February 8th, 1828: the latest was April 4th, 1836. April 12, 1838. Newburgh Telegraph. NEW ESTABLISHMENT. FARMERS & MERCHANTS Tow Boat Line for 1838, from De Wint's Dock, between Oakley & Davis & and Crawford Docks, NEWBURGH. THE subscribers have entered into copartnership under the firm of BELKNAP, SIMONSON & amp; JOHNSTON, and have taken the above dock for the purpose of carrying on the Freighting business. The new sloop DAVID BELKNAP, Capt. Chas, Johnston, (late of the steamboat "Washington") will be towed from the above dock every TUESDAY at 6 o'clock P. M. and will leave the foot of Warren street, New York, every SATURDAY, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. She will be towed from Newburgh by the steam boat NORFOLK, and arrive in New York before day light, in time for the morning market. She will leave the city on Saturday afternoon, and will deliver freights at Newburgh as early Monday morning as can be effected by steamboats. By this method of transportation the public will be well accommodated, as all kinds of freights can be conveyed at Reduced Rates. As the sloop will make but one trip a week, and remain in New York FOUR DAYS, the subscribers will have a decided advantage in making sale of stock and produce on trusted to their care. The David Belknap was built last season, in the most substantial manner, and is well calculated for carrying grain, stock and freight of every description. All unsettled accounts will be left at the store house on the dock. The subscribers solicit the patronage of the public, DAVID BELKNAP, JR. WALTER SIMONSON, CHARLES JOHNSTON, BELKNAP, SIMONTON &; JOHNSTON, will keep for sale canal flour, coarse and fine salt, fish, pork, plaster, clover and timothy seed, & Grain will be taken and stored on the owners* account, and shipped when ordered.
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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. 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. April 11, 1847. Daily Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) A North River sloop, commanded by Capt. Weaver, from Haverstraw, Rockland county, to New York, loaded with brick, when opposite Nyack, on the night of the 26th ult., was struck by a heavy flaw of wind and immediately went down. Capt. Weaver, two of his sons and two of the crew were drowned. Three of the bodies have been recovered.  March 17, 1849. Hudson River Panorama. The Literary World. What is Talked About. The new Hudson River Panorama of Messrs. Townsend and Orr was opened on Monday. It is quite worthy of the public expectation, presenting, in a complete series, the prominent views from the ocean at the Narrows to West Point, including both sides of the river and many interiors, so to speak, on the shore. Thus we have a complete presentation of the vineyards, at Croton Point, of Dr. Underhill, and make the entire circuit of the grounds at West Point, surveying all the buildings, witnessing the military exercises, &c. The scenes in the bay and harbor are striking, as the Cunard steamer, the little emigrant steamer Dash, overloaded with passengers. On the Hudson, the river craft, the hay boats, timber sloops, the quarter-of-a-mile steamers, &c., are introduced in a striking manner; while the shore scenery, the Palisades, Rockland Lake, Stony Point, &c. are given with very happy effect. It is altogether quite a superior work, and will, doubtless, crown the patient labor and liberal expenditure of capital, on the part of the proprietors, with a handsome return. It is stated to have been two years in preparation, and to have cost $25,000. Mr. Hillyard, of the late Park theatre, is the leading artist, assisted by Benough, Evers, Kyle, and others. The exhibition is well worthy of taking its place as a leading metropolitan attraction of the coming season. March 27, 1849. Commercial Advertiser (New York, New York). An Enterprising Skipper. -- Capt. John Johnson, (a colored man,) f the sloop Miriam of Albany, left this city with a cargo of lumber, which he delivered in Newark, N. J., on Christmas; then took a cargo of coat from New York to Piermont, on New Year's day; returned and wintered in New York. He left New York on the 20th inst., and arrived at our docks on the 21st, sailing the distance in seventeen hours, through floating ice from Poughkeepsie to Albany. -- Albany Journal.  April 16, 1850. North American and United States Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) Reminiscences of the North River. Major Noah’s reminiscences of olden times, are no less famous for their abundance than for their interest. In a recent number of his Sunday “Times” he gives some interesting information, showing the progress which has been made in the navigation of the Hudson within the past half century. He says: In the year 1800, merchants residing a hundred miles or more from New York, and distant from the North River ten or fifteen miles, sent their bed and bedding to the landing from which they were to sail for the city, by a team, and themselves followed on horseback. At the landing, their bed, &c. , was placed on board the sloop that conveyed their produce to market, and by it they took passage for the city. The horse was put to pasture or in the stable until their return when the owner rode him home; and by the team that went for merchandize the bed and bedding were returned. :Such was the convenience of riding at that day. Six years afterwards, according to the Major, a company composed of five individuals associated themselves together and built the packet sloop “Experiment,” for the purpose of “rendering the passage between N.Y. and Albany in water more expeditious convenient, and pleasant to ladies and gentlemen travelling north and south through teh State of New York, as well as to promote the interest of those concerned, (as expressed in the words of the agreement.) by building a packet of one hundred and ten tons burthen, for the purpose of carrying passengers only. The next year, 1807, the company was increased and another sloop was built, which performed the trip between Albany and New York in 27 hours - a remarkable trip in those days. This was the same year that Fulton made his successful trip by steam in 36 hours, and from thence steady progress was on its feet. The old North River Boat, (says the Times,) in her original construction, had a strange appearance. Her water-wheels were without any houses as at the present day; and had crossheads connected with the piston, instead of the walking beam now in general use. The countryman, when he first saw her from Hudson, told his wife he had seen the devil going to Albany in a saw mill. The experiment was at one time made to run houseboats on the River, but signally failed. Steamboats on the North River first performed their trips with wood. Lackawanna coal was afterwards introduced, by which the expense of fuel was reduced from $150 a trip to $30. This was the commencement of a new era in steamboating, hardly less in importance than the original application of steam to boats. - Ex. Paper. June 28, 1850. Albany Evening Journal.  March 27, 1852. Rockland County Journal. The Full Corn in the Ear. It is always a mournful task to record the departure of a friend, but the dispensation falls more heavily still, when the departed is one who has been identified through a long series of years, with the progressive prosperity and improvement of the community with which he stood connected. Then, the stroke hallows the memory of the object upon which it falls, and we treasure up the remembrances of good, and the mementoes of worth, with an affection and reverence which invests them with a degree of sacred solemnity. The subject of these remarks, Capt. John White, was born in this village, Nov. 26th, 1794, and was, at the time of his death, in his 58th year. He remembered the time when Rockland County was little else than a wilderness, and lived to see the wild lands transformed into fruitful fields, and thriving villages — his own enterprise contributing largely toward bringing about the prosperous state of things. He was, for thirty years, master of a vessel, from this place, three years of which was in the coasting trade, and was, consequently, the oldest captain in the place. He commanded successively the Rover, Confidence, Parthinia, Contractor, and Vallient. He received the contract for supplying the stone with which the Capitol at Albany is constructed, and delivered it all himself. In 1800 [sic], the steamboat Orange was built, at Gesner's dock in this village. This was the first steamboat that run between here and New York.— Capt. White commanded her for two years, when the boat changed hands.— Shortly afterwards, the steamboat Byron was built, at the instigation of the neighboring farmers, and placed under his charge. Subsequently, he became captain of the Orange again, which situation he held for some time. During the late war with Great Britain, the draught upon Rockland County embraced almost every able bodied man, and, among others, Capt. White was called into service. In consideration, however, of his being in the stone trade, which, on account of the construction of forts and fortifications, it was considered unwise to interfere with, he was not continued in active service, though required to hold himself in readiness. About ten years since he gave up the water and commenced business in the village. Being the oldest captain in the place, the colors of the different vessels lying here, and also those of the steamboat Armenia, were half-masted on the day of his death, as a token of respect. Few men were more widely known through our county than Capt. White, and few men have secured to themselves a larger measure of esteem. Kindly in his feelings, just in his dealings, and; warm in his sympathies, he won the friendship of all. The citizens of our village, particularly, will not forget his name, identified as it is with many of the improvements which served as the basis of our present prosperity. "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." The wearied body has gone to its allotted rest, and the spirit to Him who was its light in darkness, and its Life in death. December 25, 1852. Gleason's Pictorial.    THOMAS ALLEN's Marine LIST. Thursday Jan. 17th. Pleasant morning after the gale, wind N. W. *** Monday, 21st. Pleasant serene morning, wind at N. W. *** 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. *** 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. *** Wednesday, 23d. Hazy, cold morning, wind W. S. W. *** 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  THOMSA ALLEN's Marine LIST. Thursday, 14th. Pleasant, serene morning, wind N. -- meridian S. W. *** 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. *** Wednesday 20th. Serene morning, wind W.N.W. *** [Arrived] At Aux-Cayes, *** Sloop Betsy, Robert Colfax, [belonging to Norwich] Middlesex Gazette, Or, Foederal Adviser. (Middletown, Connecticut), February 25, 1788  Naval-Office, Port of Newport, April 10. Inward Entries. *** Cleared. *** [Sloop] Bally, Gladding, Albany. Newport Herald (Newport, Rhode Island), April 10, 1788  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)  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. *** 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  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  *** Arrivals at Hudson. Brig Revolution, Jenkins, Dublin Hudson Packet, Bunker, Nantucket. *** Independent Gazetteer. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1788  NAVAL-OFFICE, Port of Newport, June 9 Inward Entries, from *** Cleared, for Sloop Industry, J. Carr, Albany *** Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island), June 9, 1788  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   THOMAS ALLEN's Marine LIST. *** 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 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  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      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.  THOMAS ALLEN's New-London Marine List. *** 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  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  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  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  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.  April 1, 1854. Putnam County Courier (Carmel, N. Y.)
Capt. Requa's sloop, of Croton, says the Peekskill Republican, was driven ashore during a gale of wind, on Saturday week ago, near J. W. Frost's brickyard. The vessel lays upon rocks, and is nearly full of water. June 14, 1856. Rockland County Journal (Nyack, N. Y.),
Coroners Inquest at Haverstraw. — Samson Marks, Esq. Coroner of this town, held an inquest at Grassy Point, near the brick yard of Benjamin Washburn, on the 3d inst. It appeared by the testimony taken at that time, to be the body of George Tuttle, a native of Westchester County, Town of Cortland, aged 22 years. Deceased was a deck hand on board the sloop "William Roe"; he received a blow from the jib sheets, which threw him overboard; it being at night, and before any assistance could be rendered, he disappeared. The Jury rendered a verdict in accordance |
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