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Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River; Tales and Reminiscences of the Stirring Times That Followed the Introduction of Steam Navigation

David Lear Buckman

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX APPENDIX I THE CLERMONT'S FIRST REGISTRY* No. 108. Enrollment in conformity to an Act of the Congress of the United States of America entitled "An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same." Robert R. Livingston, of Clermont, Columbia County, State of New York, having taken and subscribed to the oath required by the said Act and having sworn that he, together with Robert Fulton, of the City of New York, are citizens of the United States, and sole owners of the ship or vessel called the North River Steamboat of Clermont, whereof Samuel Wiswall is at present master, and as he hath sworn he is a citizen of the United States, and that the said ship or vessel was built in the City of New York, in the year 1807, as per enrollment 173 issued at this port on the 3d. And Peter A. Schenck, Surveyor of the Port, having certified that day of September, 1807, now given up, the vessel being enlarged, the said ship or vessel has one deck and two masts, and that her length is 149 ft.; breadth, 17 ft. 11 in.; depth, 7 ft., and that she measures 182 48-95 tons. That she is a square-sterned boat, has square tuck; no quarter galleries and no figurehead. Hands and Seals, May 14,1808. * Filed in the New York Custom House after her enlargement, 1808. II EARLY STEAMBOAT ADVERTISEMENTS The first newspaper advertisement of passenger service by steamboat is the following announcement of the times of departure and the rates of fare on the Clermont: The Public Is Informed How To Take Passage On The Clermont "Sept. 2nd, 1807. "The North River Steamboat will leave Paulus Hook ferry on Friday, 4th of September, at 6 in the morning, and arrive at Albany on Saturday in the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River; Tales and Reminiscences of the Stirring Times That Followed the Introduction of Steam Navigation. To get started finding Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River; Tales and Reminiscences of the Stirring Times That Followed the Introduction of Steam Navigation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX APPENDIX I THE CLERMONT'S FIRST REGISTRY* No. 108. Enrollment in conformity to an Act of the Congress of the United States of America entitled "An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same." Robert R. Livingston, of Clermont, Columbia County, State of New York, having taken and subscribed to the oath required by the said Act and having sworn that he, together with Robert Fulton, of the City of New York, are citizens of the United States, and sole owners of the ship or vessel called the North River Steamboat of Clermont, whereof Samuel Wiswall is at present master, and as he hath sworn he is a citizen of the United States, and that the said ship or vessel was built in the City of New York, in the year 1807, as per enrollment 173 issued at this port on the 3d. And Peter A. Schenck, Surveyor of the Port, having certified that day of September, 1807, now given up, the vessel being enlarged, the said ship or vessel has one deck and two masts, and that her length is 149 ft.; breadth, 17 ft. 11 in.; depth, 7 ft., and that she measures 182 48-95 tons. That she is a square-sterned boat, has square tuck; no quarter galleries and no figurehead. Hands and Seals, May 14,1808. * Filed in the New York Custom House after her enlargement, 1808. II EARLY STEAMBOAT ADVERTISEMENTS The first newspaper advertisement of passenger service by steamboat is the following announcement of the times of departure and the rates of fare on the Clermont: The Public Is Informed How To Take Passage On The Clermont "Sept. 2nd, 1807. "The North River Steamboat will leave Paulus Hook ferry on Friday, 4th of September, at 6 in the morning, and arrive at Albany on Saturday in the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River; Tales and Reminiscences of the Stirring Times That Followed the Introduction of Steam Navigation. To get started finding Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River; Tales and Reminiscences of the Stirring Times That Followed the Introduction of Steam Navigation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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