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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 03, 1774

Page

3

Sailings from Zetland Bring 280 Passengers to Distress

Batchelor, Capt. Ramage, arrived at Leith from Zetland after a long voyage from Caithness. Aboard were 280 emigrants to North Carolina who faced wrecks, lost supplies, and near-starvation. Compassionate officials and parish contributions aided the poor voyagers, who after repairs dispersed across parishes. about 200 remain destitute awaiting relief and voyage resumption.

Edinburgh Leith Batchelor Ditto Ramage Zetland Thurso Caithness North Carolina Stromness Vaila Sound Oober

Ship arrivals and departures list from colonial port records

Arrivals and sailings include Malaga Packer Strong and Lifvon Hare for Gibraltar and Lifvon, lifeboat, and ships like Triumph Urmfon for Liverpool. Vessels sailed to River, from Jamaica and Lisbon, with arrivals at Dublin, Alicant, Bristol, and Jamaica ports including Hawke, Britannia, Hope, Neptune, Henry, Ruby, Prince of Wales, and William and Mary among others.

Deat Wind S. W Strong Gibraltar Magdalen Hare Lifvon Channell St. Abe's Triumph Urmfon Liverpool Aurora Watson Portsmouth Swift Lante India Boyce Czerar Miller Jamaica Elizabeth Mary Burrows Lisbon Dublin Hawke Bunker Britannia Williams Bit London Hope Trattles Bristol Neptune Leyburn Henry Richardson Ruby Prince of Wales Auther Frendship Ogilvie Green River Addis William and Mary Morgan Union Campbell

Counterfeiting charge shadows old case and births notes

Last charge details an attempted alibi in a counterfeiting case. Richard Reeke testifies about instruments for coining found at Cowper’s house. Rogers and Patten linked by arrest but lacking collateral evidence. Birth notices include the eldest son of Sir Edward Hawke and a daughter for Peter Beckford. Marriages list Henry Rowe to Miss Bland and William Barr to Miss Johnson. Died notices mark Edmond Malone and local residents from Hertfordshire and Mayfair.

Richard Reeke Cowper Rogers Palten Clarke Peeke Bloomsbury-square Peter Beckford Morpeth Welbeck-street Scotland Henry Rowe Nathaniel Rowe Eastworth-house Chertsey Surry Miss Bland Mr. Bland Peare Sampson Carle Hertford-street Mayfair William Cofens Cofens Oxford-street

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