Peter D. McVean death notice 1836
I am not a McVean descendant, but maybe this notice will help someone:
"McVean, Peter D., passenger on the steamer PENNSYLVANIA, on his way west from Broadalbin, Montgomery Co., N.Y., fell overboard on 28 June and was drowned - 16 July 1836 [date of edition]"
Kenneth Scott, compiler, MARRIAGES and DEATHS from the NEW YORKER 1836-1841 (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1980), p. 93.