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 [log in to unmask]