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              AFM  289-8,  Reel  46,  #299   Western   Reserve   Collection   at NYS  Library
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                  BROTHER   SETH'S  JOURNEY TO   LONG   ISLAND in  <b>1819</b>  - HIS   OLD HOME.
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                  "Many  references    to various   members of   the  Wells  Family"
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               Wed.,  May  19,  <b>1819</b>:   "Left   Watervliet   6 a.m.  to Albany.     At 11 got   under  weigh  with
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                        a fresh  breeze   from  the northwest    on board   the sloop   "Genesee",   Capt.  Mebbett
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                        of Albany, with    60 passengers    besides  the  sloop's   crew.   At  Athens  opposite
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                        Hudson, we   landed  3 passengers,    at Rhinebeck   we  came  to anchor   and  landed
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                        some  baggage  and  furniture   for  a Revd.  Minister   by  the name   of Howe.    At  New
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                        Paltz  near  Poughkeepsie,    landed  another   passenger.    Passed  Poughkeepsie be-
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                        tween  daylight   and dark,   sailed  through   the Highlands   in  the  night.    Betsy
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                        Hastings  very  sick  all  night,   Betsy  Wells  some  seasick.    No  sleep  for  us
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                        till  near   morning."
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              Thurs.,   20th:   At  8 a.m. arrived    safe  in New  York.    Not much  comfort in    cooking  and
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                       eating  on board   though  the  captain   and crew  were   kind and  the  passengers   very
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                       civil;   yet we  were   so crowded   with  passengers   that  there was   not  much  com-
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                       fort  to be  taken  on  board.
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                       Booked  passage   to go  to Long   Island  on Friday   afternoon,   but  near  the  time
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                       o  sailing,   Captain   informed   them he  had  booked  another   load  so he  would
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                      not  be  able  to sail  until   Saturday.    However,   already  on board were    a  number
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                       of female passengers     "who  to all  appearance   would   have  been very   disagreeable
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                       companions   and  the cabin  was  disagreeable,    so Luther   went  and  found  them
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                       another  passage   to leave   Saturday  afternoon.     So  took  the sisters   to  Brooklyn
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                       to stay  overnight.
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               Sat.,  21st:    Set sail  at  6 p.m.   "with  a light  breeze   and  a strong  flood   tide" and
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                       before   sunset  paSSED   THROUGH  Hellgate,   and  about   8:45 were  off  Sandy   Point
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                        lighthouse   (20 miles   from  NY);  about  12:30  passed   Eaton  Neck  lighthouse   (40
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                       miles   from  NY),  and at  daylight   were  opposite Setauket     Harbor  (60 miles   from
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                       NYC).
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              Sun.,  22nd:    About  2 p.m.  landed   passenger   at Riverhead,    now were  going   against
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                       tide  and wind,  so  anchored   off  Rocky  Point  about  midnight.    Arrived   in
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                      Cutchague    about  8 a.m.  Monday, May    23rd.   Had  been  more  than  20 years   since
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                      he  had  seen his   father's   farm.
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