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Shipwrights and cargo salvaging after grounding disaster
Narrative from a stranded ship’s crew recounts grounding and loss, swift improvisation to save part of the cargo, landing about thirty casks, plus plans to set tents for shelter. Provisions of witnesses, arrests, and naval orders unfold as it details salvage efforts, damages to cargo, and the broader maritime incidents in the Atlantic trade routes.
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Tam
Ramsgate
Nath
Austin
John Tagg
Notary Public
Canterbury
Kingston
Smith
King George
Jackson
Redland
Watson
Betsey
Darke
Jamaica
Thomas and Mary
Lawson
Cork
Beulah
Gibbins
South Carolina
the Marys
Guadaloupe
Martinico
Dinan
Bayonne
Newfoundland
Arneaux
Marseilles
Carthagena
la Matre
Malaga
Woolwich
St Kit’s
Douglas
Ashington
Downs
Duke of York
Quarton
Stockton
Lisbon
Carton
Est
Liverpool
Providence
Ray
Xawi
Georgé and
Mary
Lynn
Hanboeghe
Point Ameron
Ruths
Archangel
Petersburg
Dronthjelm
Norway
Johannes
Holm
Stockholm
Calais
Sweden
Cadiz
John Scultz
Bernholm
Ehams
Johnson
North Carolina
Quebec
Bishop
Miller
Bristol
Africa
Elizabeth
Bowes
Virginia
Whitehaven
Lucretia
Goldsmith
Rotterdam
Bury St. Edmund's
Sicklesmere
Duke of Richmond’s Regiment of Foot
Reading
Andover
Corke
Plymouth
Adventure
Moore
Dublin
London
The
Royal
Handafyd
Public’ Ledger
Commissioners of the Revenue
Paul
James Benson
Neptune
James Stewart
Matter
Feizure
India
Robert Trimble
Rich. Ponsonby
Rob. Gordon
Ireland
England
Phineas Bury
Kingdom of Ireland
Hainly Postgate
Mate
Mungo Crawford
Carpenter
Francis Kings
Hervert
William ‘Cordell
James
Stewart
Cuttom-house
Francis
William Patterson
Phineasbury
Baialn
Francis King
Herbert William Cordell
James Stewarty
Deponent
Questor
Forbes
Exart