In a message dated 3/24/00 8:13:26 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Janmim@aol.com writes: << Ferry Boats in 1777? >> That's right, there were specific locations, usually with a nearby public house, where people would come to get across the river, bay, etc. George Washington regularly used the ferry at Londontown to get to Annapolis where he liked to play the ponies at the racetrack there (when he wasn't involved in the govt.). Barbara