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Baltick Merchant of Bristol Run Aground in Charles Town Bar
Reports reveal the Baltick Merchant of Bristol capt Mackenzie bound from South Carolina to Cowes ran on the North Breaker near Charles Town Bar. She was got off May 16 but with heavy damage and water in hold, with barrels of rice ruined. News from New York speaks of a terrible hurricane of wind and rain lasting over thirty hours destroying bridges in New Jersey and damaging houses.
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