Walter Lewis wrote:
>
> The _Rip Van Winkle_ is an average example of the classic New
> York-Albany steam packets of the mid-1840s.  There are sketches of her
> on pages 78 and 79 of Stanton's _American Steam Vessels_ (reproduced for
> the WWW at http://www.hhpl.on.ca/scripts/Bib.asp?PubID=3)

I hate it when I do this (to myself and others):
the correct URL is
        http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/scripts/Bib.asp?PubID=3
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^
This is what comes of writing emails while off-line :(

Walter Lewis
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