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- ↑ Western Ocean Packets by Basil Lubbock, p. 26
- ↑ Webseite dedicated to the USS Wespoint: "USS Westpoint Reunion Association". Accessed 16 march 2009.
- 1 2 Genealogy of the Westervelt family, by Walter Tallman Westervelt, page 72/73
- ↑ Steamboat Days by Fred Erving Dayton, chapter 19
- ↑ Thiesen, William H. Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation of Ship Design and Construction, chapter 5, ISBN 0-8130-2940-6
- ↑ Lists of passenger arrivals for the port of New York (1789–1957) are available on microfilm at the "National Archives" in New York. Accessed 16 march 2009.
- ↑ Passenger list of "October 25, 1847". Accessed March 16, 2009
- ↑ Passenger list of "November 6, 1858". Accessed March 16, 2009
- ↑ Passenger list of "August 8, 1859". Accessed March 16, 2009
- ↑ Passenger list of "March 29, 1851". Accessed March 16, 2009
- ↑ Passenger list of "November 4, 1851". Accessed March 16, 2009
- ↑ Passenger list of "July 12, 1858". Accessed March 16, 2009
- ↑ Passenger list of "March 16, 1861". Accessed March 16, 2009
