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Two Young People and a Barbados Ship Dream
In September near Bridgetown Barbados Mistress Kate Bonnet and Master Martin Newcombe share quiet hopes of travel. Kate resists marriage limits while Martin awakes to love as they discuss her father Maj. Bonnet planning a sea voyage with a ship he owns. Kate vows to sail if her father goes, while the ship’s setup proceeds under Captain Sam Loftus as Maj. Bonnet prepares for Jamaica trips.
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D. Avviewa & Co
New York
Martin
Bonnet
Bridgetown
Barbadoes
Kate Bonnet
Kate
Amers
Martin Newcombe
Newcombe
Madam Bonnet
Lous
Maj. Bonnet
Mistress Kate
London
Ajob Stede Bonnet
Maj
Almos
Sam Loftus
Jamaica