. 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. UC SOUTHERN BEGIONAL^LIBRARY FACIL^^^^ ^^ Uju 650 H8V69 AA 001006 362 6- £Jityi^ ^:)€^rc^ ez^-lZi^ ^rtr^o^ r^. %Ui^. The ^ Sloops of the Hudson AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PACKET AND MARKETsloops of the last CENTURY, WITH A RECORDOF THEIR NAMES; TOGETHER WITH PER-SONAL REMINISCENCES OF CERTAINOF THE NOTABLE NORTH RIVERSAILING MASTERS BY William E. Verplanck AND Moses W. Col
. 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. UC SOUTHERN BEGIONAL^LIBRARY FACIL^^^^ ^^ Uju 650 H8V69 AA 001006 362 6- £Jityi^ ^:)€^rc^ ez^-lZi^ ^rtr^o^ r^. %Ui^. The ^ Sloops of the Hudson AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PACKET AND MARKETsloops of the last CENTURY, WITH A RECORDOF THEIR NAMES; TOGETHER WITH PER-SONAL REMINISCENCES OF CERTAINOF THE NOTABLE NORTH RIVERSAILING MASTERS BY William E. Verplanck AND Moses W. Collyer ILLUSTRATED G. P. PUTNAMS SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON ZIbe ftntclterboclter press1908 A Copyright, 1908 WILLIAM E. VERPLANCK AND MOSES W. COLLYER TTbe ImicJicrboclier iPrcBS, Hew »ocft He (olO PREFACE No history of the sloops of the Hudson,so far as I can learn, has ever been written,nor has any more than a bare referencehere and there been made to them in theliterature of the past sixty years. Cooper and Irving make mention of theseuseful vessels, and in a way that makes itquite evident that their importance in thedaily life of the people struck the imagina-tion of those writers in a lively later writers have apparently ignoredthe sloop. Perhaps, it was because she waslike those worthy persons who make nonoise as th
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