. The sloops of the Hudson; an historical sketch of the packet and market sloops of the last century, with a record of their names; together with personal reminiscences of certain of the notable North river sailing masters. ventor of the centreboaxd. PART III PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF CAPTAINGEORGE D. WOOLSEY* I BECAME quite familiar with the namesof the packet sloops sailing from Newburgh,for at this time, 1825, my father was captainof the packet sloop Illinois running fromNewburgh to New York, carrying passengersand produce from the farms and sailingfrom David Crawfords wharf at Newburgh. »G
. The sloops of the Hudson; an historical sketch of the packet and market sloops of the last century, with a record of their names; together with personal reminiscences of certain of the notable North river sailing masters. ventor of the centreboaxd. PART III PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF CAPTAINGEORGE D. WOOLSEY* I BECAME quite familiar with the namesof the packet sloops sailing from Newburgh,for at this time, 1825, my father was captainof the packet sloop Illinois running fromNewburgh to New York, carrying passengersand produce from the farms and sailingfrom David Crawfords wharf at Newburgh. »George Davis Woolsey was born at Poughkeepsieon the 12th day of October, 1829, and died at New-burgh on the 23d day of March, 1900. He marriedTimna Quick of Milton-on-Hudson. They had fourchildren: Charles D., who died in infancy; Charles C,Anna H., now Mrs. Cosman, and Harriet, now Mrs. Woolsey, the widow, is now living onGrand Street, Newburgh. The manuscript from which these reminiscences weretaken was in a fragmentary condition when Mrs. Wool-sey gave it to Capt. M. W. Collyer for publication. Somuch as appears here is all that was available or deemedgermane to the subject of this book.—W. E. CAPTAIN GEORGE DAVIS WOOLSEY LATE OF NEWBURGHReproduced from an old print Capt. Woolseys Reminiscences 113 There were also the sloops Favorite, 1825,Orange Packety 1825, Eclipse, 1825, JamesMonroe, 1830, Meridian, 1835, David Bel-knap, 1838, Benjamin Stagg, 1838, and theJohn Beveridge,^ 1838. The greater num-ber of these vessels, with many others werebuilt here at the village of Newburgh, andat Sands dock, Milton, before my recol-lection. However, they were in use, andemployed in the freight and passengerbusiness from Newburgh, some of thembefore, and some after my coming onthe scene of action. Mr. Samuel Wood,a man who belonged to a family of ship-builders, conducted the business at or nearthe foot of South Street, then called AcademyHill. He being an uncle of my
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