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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In thick fog last Tuesday evening, the brig Charming Abigail, Capt. Brenton Wanton, from the West Indies, ran aground near Castle Hill in Newport. The anchor pierced the hull, causing loss of 8-9 hogsheads of molasses cargo. The vessel is expected to be refloated with minimal other damage.
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In a very thick Fog, about 8 o'Clock last Tuesday Evening, the Brig Charming Abigail, Captain Brenton Wanton, bound in here from the West-Indies, ran ashore just without Castle Hill. As it is a Sandy Beach, it's probable that neither she nor her Cargo would have been much damaged, had it not been occasioned by her Anchor, which she had out, the Fluke of which pierced a Hole thro' her Bottom. Her Lading was Molasses, about 8 or 9 Hogsheads of which we hear is lost. The Vessel is like to be got off.
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Newport
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About 8 O'clock Last Tuesday Evening
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about 8 or 9 hogsheads of molasses lost. the vessel is like to be got off.
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In a very thick Fog, the Brig Charming Abigail, bound in here from the West-Indies, ran ashore just without Castle Hill. As it is a Sandy Beach, it's probable that neither she nor her Cargo would have been much damaged, had it not been occasioned by her Anchor, which she had out, the Fluke of which pierced a Hole thro' her Bottom. Her Lading was Molasses.