Notwithstanding which, it is judged
that she moved through the waters at the rate of six miles an
hour.
_Extract from the Albany Gazette, October 5th, 1807._
Friday, October 2d, 1807, the steamboat (Clermont) left New York
at ten o'clock a.m., against a stormy tide, very rough water, and
a violent gale from the north. She made a headway beyond the most
sanguine expectations, and without being rocked by the waves.
Arrived at Albany, October 4th, at 10 o'clock p.m., being detained
by being obliged to come to anchor, owing to a gale and having one
of her paddle wheels torn away by running foul of a sloop.
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But see! the broadening river deeper flows,
Its tribute floods intent to reach the sea.
_Park Benjamin._
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The following was recently recopied in the _Poughkeepsie Eagle_, as an
old time reminiscence:
=To Poughkeepsie from New York in Seventeen Hours.=
--The first steamboat on the Hudson River passed Poughkeepsie
August 17th, 1807, and in June, 1808, the owners of the boat
caused the following advertisement to be published in prominent
papers along the river:
=STEAMBOAT.
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