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A ship is cast away...
A ship is cast away...
Item # 683550
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February 19, 1725
THE POST BOY, London, Feb. 19, 1725
* Early 18th century Deer Island shipwreck
* Early Boston Harbor, Massachusetts report
* Nice masthead engravings - prints
Among the front page reports is a brief item noting: "Boston in New-England, Jan. 10: On Wednesday last, the Swallow Brigantine from Barbadoes was cast away near Deer Island, and five of the company were drown'd, the master and one man only saved."
A single sheet issue, 8 1/2 by 14 inches, two decorative engravings in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's