Editing Hell Gate (section)

===Literature===
In [[James Fenimore Cooper]]'s historical fiction novel ''[[The Water-Witch]], or, The Skimmer of the Seas'' (first published in New York in 1830<ref>{{cite news|title=Goodreads book description of ''The Water-Witch'' by James Fenimore Cooper|work=The Water Witch|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2845989-the-water-witch}}</ref>), Hell Gate serves as the scene for an exciting pursuit of the [[brigantine]] ''Water Witch'' by HMS ''Coquette''.<ref>{{cite book|year=1836|publisher=Carey, Lea, & Blanchard| author=Cooper, James Fenimore|title=The Water-Witch, or, The Skimmer of the Seas|url=https://archive.org/details/waterwitchorski04coopgoog}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Odyssey of The Water-Witch and a Susan Fenimore Cooper Letter|author1=Baym, Max I. |author2=Matenko, Percy |work=New York History|volume= LI|number= 1 |date=January 1970|pages= 33–41|publisher= New York State Historical Association|url=http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/nyhistory/1970nyhistory-baym.html}}</ref> The ''Water Witch'' is captained by Thomas Tiller, an adventurous sailor with a romantic flair, and HMS ''Coquette'' by Captain Cornelius van Cuyler Ludlow, a principled young officer in the [[Royal Navy]] and a native of New York.