. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. to the war, with its false promises and fearsand experiences, that there was a remarkable apa-thy and blindness about the actual danger. So longas there was no present trouble or privation theygave little thought to the future. The hope of peacehad been so long before them that it had becomechronic in their feeling—the wish was the father ofthe thought—and they would refuse to believe anyrumor to the contrary. Every intelligence fromabroad would be distorted to be an emis
. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. to the war, with its false promises and fearsand experiences, that there was a remarkable apa-thy and blindness about the actual danger. So longas there was no present trouble or privation theygave little thought to the future. The hope of peacehad been so long before them that it had becomechronic in their feeling—the wish was the father ofthe thought—and they would refuse to believe anyrumor to the contrary. Every intelligence fromabroad would be distorted to be an emissary thatmeant peace. It was otherwise to those in author-ity in the city, State and national councils. Theywere all anxious for the future. CHAPTER XXVII. River and Harbor Navigation About New York—Coasting-Trade—British Privateers in the Sound—Commodore LewisAfter Them—Reinforcement of tho, British Squadron—Blockade of All the Ports of the United States—Strength ofBritish and American Navies—Official Inspection of Defencesof New York—Major-General Morgan Lewis in Command—Movements of the -j AT AVIGATION opened on the Hudson11\ River early in March, and the steam-boats to Albany first commenced torun on the 19th of March. Therewere three of them to Albany andone to Poughkeepsie. One startedfor Albany each alternate weekday, commencing on Monday, andreturned from Albany each alternate day, commenc-ing on Tuesday. One to Poughkeepsie and inter-mediate places, twice a week. Another steamboatto Amboy, N. J., and occasionally another went toElizabeth port, N. J. There was one on the ferry toHoboken and one on the Paulus Hook (Jersey City)ferry. There was one that went to Brooklyn, butdid not run regularly on the ferry from BeekmansShp {now Fulton Street) to Old Ferry Slip (nowfoot of Fulton Street), Brooklyn. Her first trip wason May 10th, 1814. The lease for running thissteam ferry boat was executed on January 24th, 1814. THE EMBAROO AND THE COASTING
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