The idea is to compete with island ferryboats in places like Greece and the Bahamas.

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In the early 1800s, Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden both operated ferryboats between New Jersey and New York.

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Gibbons was allowed to operate his ferryboats in New York waters.

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