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  • J.F. Calhoun, of New Haven, was the messenger, and he started from the capital by rail at two o'clock on the morning of December 24; a steamtug in waiting conveyed him, on his arrival, from Jersey City to New York; a horse and chaise took him from the wharf to the New Haven dépôt, then in

    The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 Various

  • On Monday, the 14th, at three o'clock, we took our pilot, and at eight o'clock we anchored off Liverpool, and a dark-looking steamtug came off to us for the mails, foreign ministers, and bearers of despatches.

    Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Various

  • While I stood admiring this work of art, a fat wheezy steamtug, with the word AJAX in staring black letters on the paddlebox, came puffing up alongside the Typhoon.

    The Story of a Bad Boy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

  • Temple was the first to observe that the steamtug was casting us loose, and cried he, 'She'll take us on board and back to London Bridge.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Temple was the first to observe that the steamtug was casting us loose, and cried he, 'She'll take us on board and back to London Bridge.

    The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

  • Temple was the first to observe that the steamtug was casting us loose, and cried he, 'She'll take us on board and back to London Bridge.

    The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • An uncongenial place in which to part; carriages rolled up and down, a clamor of voices filled the air, the little steamtug snorted with impatience, and the waves flowed seaward with the ebbing of the tide.

    Moods Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • a steamtug of this port, and reported an extraordinary incident in mid-ocean.

    Round the World in Seven Days Herbert Strang

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