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Newspaper
The Watchman
Location
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1822
Page
4
A village hut hosts a shipwreck tale of Old Mansy and a son Magnus who sails away for wealth and love. The survivor later returns as Magnus’s ghostly confession reveals a life of crime, exile, and remorse ending in tragedy on his homeland isle.
A traveller recounts sailing from Algiers toward England then South America, only to be caught in a hurricane. The ship strikes rocks and breaks apart. the speaker fears for his life and reflects on a father and a dying companion amid the wreck.
Information requested about Joseph Williams born in Chesterfield Towne, Burlington County New Jersey. Apprenticed to Charles Cook at Crosswicks. left with Jacob Cook in Northumberland County. mother and brother named. father Nicholas Williams said to have been shot after the Revolutionary War. Clarification sought by his brother on the island opposite Bristol Pennsylvania.
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