A Biographical History of Clermont: Or Livingston Manor, Before and During the War for Independence With a Sketch of the First Steam, Navigation of Fulton and Livingston (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Biographical History of Clermont: Or Livingston Manor, Before and During the War for Independence With a Sketch of the First Steam, Navigation of Fulton and Livingston

A man having lived the greater portion of his life upon a part of the Livingston Manor, and a descendant of that noble old family, may indeed be pardoned if he shows a family pride, and writes about his ancestors, and although living in the vicinity of the noble blue Kaatskills, or Katsbergs, whose dark shadows fall over the once romantic haunts of Hendrick Hudson, and his crew of ghostly Dutchmen, and the more quiet retreat of Rip Van Winkle, when he enjoyed his long nap, out of the reach of Dame Van Winkle's tongue; and other localities of historic lore and legend, made immortal by that greatest of all American writers, Living, who thus gives us a lively picture of the crew of the "Half Moon" at their favorite game of nine-pins: "Some wore short doublets, others jerkins with long knives in their belts, and most of them had enormous breeches of similar style with that of the guides. Their visages, too, were peculiar; one had a largo head, broad face and small piggish eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of a nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat set off with a little red cock's tail. They all had beards of various shapes and colors. There was one who seemed to be the commander.

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