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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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On August 21, three schooners anchored in Deep Creek, Chesapeake; next morning, one was found scuttled and looted. Three men—a mulatto, white, and Black—believed murdered and dumped overboard. Vessel reportedly from Snow Hill.
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Supposed Murder and Robbery.
On the evening of Friday, the 21 inst. three schooners anchored in the mouth of Deep Creek, on the Chesapeake, and early on the following morning two of them were observed to weigh anchor and proceed up the Bay, but the third was discovered to be afloat, scuttled and completely dismasted of sails, rigging and every thing valuable.—On the Monday following, the 15th inst. a mulatto man, well made, 6 feet some inches high, floated on shore with his feet tied together: and since he was found two others, a white and a black man, are said to have been found, all supposed to have been murdered and thrown from on board of said schooner, by some unknown persons. The schooner has been taken up and is said to sail from Snow Hill. If any vessel is missing from that place, on seeing this, her fate will be known, and the necessary steps may be taken to apprehend those who have committed the outrage.
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Deep Creek, On The Chesapeake
Event Date
Evening Of Friday, The 21 Inst.; Early On The Following Morning; Monday Following, The 15th Inst.
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mulatto man, well made, 6 feet some inches high, floated on shore with his feet tied together; two others, a white and a black man, are said to have been found; all supposed to have been murdered and thrown from on board of said schooner; schooner taken up and said to sail from snow hill
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Three schooners anchored in the mouth of Deep Creek, on the Chesapeake; early on the following morning two weighed anchor and proceeded up the Bay, but the third was discovered to be afloat, scuttled and completely dismasted of sails, rigging and every thing valuable; supposed murdered and thrown from on board by some unknown persons