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 by Verplanck, William E. ; Collyer, Moses W - 1908

Fleischmanns: Purple Mountain, 1994. pamphlet. very good. Illustrated. 50 pages, tall 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Fleischmanns: Purple Mountain Press, (1994). A very good copy.<br/> <br/>

New York: Purple Mountain Press, 1988. Paperback. Stapled binding. 50pp. Covers slightly worn. A rather pleasing copy. (p18). Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Printed slip tipped to front endpaper: "With the Compliments of the Author." Then, signed in ink by Verplanck. An historical sketch of the packet and market sloops of the 19th century, with a record of their names, together with personal reminiscences of certain of the notable North River sailing masters. William Edward Verplanck was a scion of the famous New York Verplanck family, which traces its history back to the New Netherlands Colony (now New York & New Jersey) from Holland. The Verplancks became quite prosperous and built a mansion on Wall Street in Manhattan. Around 1730, a colonial-style fieldstone house was built at Fishkill Landing on the Rombout Patent land on the Hudson River. Collyer was a riverboat captain from 1899 until his death in 1942, He cowrote "The Sloops of the Hudson"- a memoir and history of the years when sailboats were the primary means of getting up and down the river. An exhaustive and complete work that drew on Collyer's… Read More