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Jacob Westervelt
Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-?) was a shipbuilder in the mid-1800s, and a mayor of New York City 1853 - 1855.
He was born in Bergen County, New Jersey, and went to sea at an early age, but was then apprenticed to the shipbuilder Christian Bergh . When Bergh retired in 1833 (or 1835?), he left the business to his two sons, Westervelt, and Richard Carnley , and later Westervelt bought out the partners to become sole owner. Later he partered with a MacKay (not to be confused with Donald McKay) to form "Westervelt & MacKay", and still later with his sons Daniel and Aaron .
His shipyard produced United States Navy ships such as the screw sloop USS Brooklyn, and many other steamships, and also clipper ships, such as the Hornet , N.B. Palmer , Sweepstakes , and Contest .
By 1856 he had retired.
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