When Thomas Francis Gordon described Newburg in his Gazetteer of the state of New York (Philadelphia, 1836) he wrote on page 606 that there existed in this town a whaling company which was allowed to have a capital of 200,000 dollars of which 115,000 dollars paid in employing 3-350 tons ships and further more a large wharf and storehouse.
Source
Gazetteer of the state of New York: comprehending its colonial history. Philadelphia, 1836.
Source
Gazetteer of the state of New York: comprehending its colonial history. Philadelphia, 1836.