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Opening. Closing. 



1809 April 17 Nov. 23 



1810 '' 9 Dec. 9 



1811 March 24 " 14 



1812 April 18 , '' 10 



3813 '' 11 , ^' 13 and 21, [vessels come up 



to Gardiner Dec. 15. J 



1814 April 6 ,,.... Dec. 4 



1815 '' 18 , " 2 



181G '^ 20 , Nov. 29, [vessels come to Gardiner 



April 17.] 



1817 April 17 Nov. 25 and Dec. 7, [river broke 



up from Gardiner Nov. 30 ; ves- 

 sels come «p to Gardiner Dec. 3; 

 whole river broke up Dec. 7, and 

 closed same day.] 



1818 April 12.5................. Dec. 4 and 10, [river broke up Dec. 



6 and closed Dec. 10.] 



1819 April 14 ,.., Dec. 5 



1820 '^ 15.,, ,. Nov. 16 and 29, [river opened Nov. 



17 from Gardiner; Nov. 20 whole 

 river opened.] 



1821 April 11 , Dec. 1 



1822 March 29 '' 6 



1823 April 11 Nov. 16 



1824 March 28 , Dec. 1 and 9, [openedDec. 3.] 



1825 April 5 ...Nov. 23 and Dec. 12, [opened Nov. 



28.] 



1826 April 5 , Dec. 4 and 20, [opened Dec. 10.] 



1827 March 29 Nov. 24 and Dec. 6, [opened Nov. 



30.] 



1828 March 25...., , .....Dec. 3, [vessels come to Gardiner 



March 23.] 



1829 April 12 Dec. 3 



1830 '' 1 , Dec. 13 and 19, Jan. 11, 1831, 



[opened Dee. 25 and 27; two ves- 

 sels arrived from Boston Jan. 1,] 



1831 March 30 Dec. 2 



1832 April 14 " 2 



1833 " 5 '' 14 



1834 " 3 " 8 



i8:;5 — — Nov. 23 



]8;16 April 9 " 27 



1837 " 14 '' 27 



1838 '' 3 " 24, [very great winter freshet 



Jan. 28, 1839.] 



1839 April G Dec. 18 



1840 March31 Nov. 28 



1841 April 5 Dec 1, 7, and 17, [opened 4 and 11.] 



1842 March 20 Nov. 28, [vessels come up to Gard- 



iner March 18.] 



