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The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
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On May 18, 1813, a corpse was found floating in the Hudson River near Lansingburgh, identified as Samuel Goodrich Jr., who drowned four weeks earlier while attempting to cross the ferry at Half Moon-Point. He was from Lenox, Massachusetts, but resided in Ballstown.
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Yesterday afternoon as some persons were walking on the bank a little north of town, they espied a corpse floating in Hudson's current: means were soon found to fetch it ashore, and, on examining the papers found in a garment belonging thereto, it proved to be the body of Mr. Samuel Goodrich, jun. one of the unfortunate men who were drowned, four weeks since, in attempting to cross the ferry at Half Moon-Point. Lenox (Massachusetts) is the place of his nativity, but for several years past he has been a respectable inhabitant of Ballstown.
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Primary Location
Lansingburgh
Event Date
Yesterday Afternoon (May 18, Relative To May 19 Report); Drowning Four Weeks Since
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body recovered; one of several men drowned in ferry crossing accident
Event Details
Persons walking north of town found a floating corpse in the Hudson River, brought it ashore, and identified it via papers as Samuel Goodrich Jr., drowned four weeks prior attempting to cross ferry at Half Moon-Point.