The Virginia Gazette

We have just received the following melancholy Account, brought to Town last Night by one Mr. Richardson, late Mate of the Sloop Sally, Captain Jesse Hunt, of this Port, who sailed from hence the 29th of April, bound for Charlestown, South Carolina.

"Captain John Hunt, in the Sloop Sally, from New York to Charlestown, was cast away the 4th of May, on Cape Lookout Shoals, ten Leagues from Land; the Vessel and Cargo entirely lost, with seven Persons, namely, one Sailor, by Name Swane, a young Woman named Trigler, two Children of Mrs. Jacobs's, a Jewess that was going as a Nurse for Major Butler, another Woman that was going to her Husband who is a Blacksmith in Charlestown, and a Negro Boy of the Captain's. The rest of the People, with much Difficulty, got safe to the Shore, fifteen in Number, in the Boat, after being in her fifteen Hours. The Captain was once knocked overboard, but with much Difficulty he was got in."