Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . does and Jamaica, had arrived ;that it was his ship we had seen coming in, when wewere leaving the city, and that, perhaps, he would gowith her to Holland. This place is about three-quar-ters of an hour inland. At the mouth of the creek onthe shore of the river, there are some houses and aredoubt, together with a general storehouse, where thefarmers bring in their grain, in order that it may beconveniently shipped when the boats come up here,and wherein their goods are discharged from theboats, as otherwise there would be too much delay i
Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . does and Jamaica, had arrived ;that it was his ship we had seen coming in, when wewere leaving the city, and that, perhaps, he would gowith her to Holland. This place is about three-quar-ters of an hour inland. At the mouth of the creek onthe shore of the river, there are some houses and aredoubt, together with a general storehouse, where thefarmers bring in their grain, in order that it may beconveniently shipped when the boats come up here,and wherein their goods are discharged from theboats, as otherwise there would be too much delay ingoing back and forth. The woodland around theHysopus is not of much value, and is nothing but sandand rock. We had hardly reached the river, when aman came running up to us as hard as he could,requesting to speak to us. We inquired of him whathe desired, when he complained of being sorely afflic-ted with an internal disease, and said he had heard wewell understood medicine, and knew what to prescribefor him. We told him we were no doctors, and had 77. 78 The Birthplace of George Clinton only brought a few medicines with us for our own use,and most of them we had given away. My comradetold him what he thought of his disease, and that wecould not help him ; whereupon, this poor wretchedman went sorrowfully back again, for he had spentmuch to be cured. We told him, however, we wouldsend him a brackish powder which had done good inseveral cases, and which, if it pleased God to bless it,would perhaps help him. We went on board the boat,and immediately got under sail, with a favorable butlight wind, and by evening arrived at the entrance ofthe Highlands. (For the above article this magazine is indebted toEdward L. Merritt, of Kingston.—The Editor.) THE BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE CLINTON At Little Britain, in the town of New Windsor, inwhat is now Orange county, New York, but what wasthen part of Ulster county, George Clinton, the firstGovernor of the State of New York, was born on July2
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