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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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The British schooner Doctor, sailing from Baltimore to Harbour Grace, N.F., returned after crew mutiny near Patuxent River; mutineers confined in irons on U.S. ship Ontario.
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TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 13, 1849.
Br. schr. Doctor, which sailed from Baltimore on the 3d inst., for Harbour Grace, N. F., returned again on Saturday afternoon last on account of the crew having mutinied. She had got as far as the Patuxent, when she came to an anchor, on Thursday night last, and while the officers were asleep, the men attempted to desert, but, being overheard, were prevented. They then refused to go any further in the vessel and the captain was obliged to return to ship a new crew. The men were put onboard the United States ship Ontario, at Baltimore, in irons.
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Patuxent
Event Date
Thursday Night Last (November 8, 1849); Sailed November 3, 1849; Returned Saturday Afternoon Last (November 10, 1849)
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crew confined in irons on united states ship ontario at baltimore; captain returned to ship new crew. no deaths or injuries reported.
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British schooner Doctor sailed from Baltimore on November 3, 1849, for Harbour Grace, N.F. Anchored at Patuxent on Thursday night last; crew attempted desertion while officers slept, were prevented, refused to proceed, leading captain to return to Baltimore.