. 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. eight. In 1856 Crawford& Company sold her to B. Carpenter &Company, and they in 1864 sold her to i68 Sloops of the Hudson Homer Ramsdell. In 1868 her plankingwas worn so thin by water and ice that replanked her and did other worknecessary to place her in first-class Ramsdell kept her steadily at workuntil 1872, when she was used as a spareboat and
. 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. eight. In 1856 Crawford& Company sold her to B. Carpenter &Company, and they in 1864 sold her to i68 Sloops of the Hudson Homer Ramsdell. In 1868 her plankingwas worn so thin by water and ice that replanked her and did other worknecessary to place her in first-class Ramsdell kept her steadily at workuntil 1872, when she was used as a spareboat and for excursions, and I believe shewas then used as a receiving barge in NewYork, receiving all freight that was notdisposed of by the other boats which randaily, and if memory serves, she was keptby Mr. Ramsdell, usefully employed, untilabout the year 1879 or so, having been inuse for some forty years for Newburghpeople, and of late years she was used asa lighter around the harbor. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON SLOOPS BY CAPTAINGEORGE D. WOOLSEY. Sloop Catharine, Captain William Wandel,sailed from Daniel Smiths dock, 1800. Sailed from Daniel Smiths dock, twomiles above Newburgh, 1804, sloop Con-fidence, Captain SLOOP GENERAL PUTNAM, BUILT BY CHARLES COLLYERFrom an oil painting Capt. Woolseys Reminiscences 169 Sloop Sportsman, Daniel T. Smith, captain,1804, sailed first from Hiigh Walshs dock,after Daniel Smiths dock, two miles aboveNewburgh. Samuel Seymour carried on the ship-building business at the foot of South Street,Newburgh, until the last of the year the year 1804 he fell into the hold of aship he was building for the West Indiatrade, which accident caused him to belame afterwards; the shipyard then cameinto possession of Timothy and SamuelWood, brothers. Timothy removed to Cox-sackie about 1812, built the Timothy Woodand the Addison about 1819, when Wood retained the yard at footof South Street, where he built the Argus,Meridian, Orange Packet, Illino
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